 Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note...  England and Wales - Page 1731876Full view - About this book
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 350 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? — Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or fiatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death ! Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire : Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - Scotland - 1833 - 252 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? — Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death ! Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire : Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...sw.-lis the note of praise. 11. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleet ing breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold car of death 1 12. Perhaps, in this ncglccted-spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial... | |
 | Fashion - 1832 - 240 pages
...storied Urn or animated Bust Back to hi mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice recal the silent dust. Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ?" Miss H. I wish FEMALE AUTHORS, particularly, in the zenith of their fame, and "summer of their youth,"... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...o'er their tomb no trophies5 raise', Where', through the long-drawn aisle' and fretted rault', The pealing anthem swells the note of praise'. Can storied urn', or animated bust', Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath'? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dusf, Or flattery soothe... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...note of praisa. 11. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath 1 Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death 7 12. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands,... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle and fretted V8Bh, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ?— Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust— Or flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of death? Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy... | |
 | George Watterston - Statesmen - 1836 - 172 pages
...monument is to " read their gratitude in a nation's eyes." Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? It is bat justice, however, to state that though the American government... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery sooth... | |
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