 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...  Specimens of the British poets - Page 189by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...its mansion call the fleetmg breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wake to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust; Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this...have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre: Chill penury represS'd their noble rage, '' iT - 0 10 ^ But knowledge to their eyes her ample page,... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold car of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd- to extasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps, in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre: But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...mansion call the fleeted breath? — Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust— Or Flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of death? Perhaps, in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of Time,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can hononr's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : • lint Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time, did... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...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...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy tbe living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of Time,... | |
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