 Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave....  Elegant Extracts - Page 22edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...obfcure; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - English poetry - 1762 - 312 pages
...obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmiie» The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry^ the pomp of poVr, And all that beauty* all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave, Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...The loaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, A .A ait, alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, thro' the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that bgauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...poor. The boafl of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmile, The lhort and funplc annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long drawn ifte and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1770 - 136 pages
...obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fliprt and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
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