 Await alike the 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...  The School Poetry Book - 98. oldal1894 - 129 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 oldal
...storied3 urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke4 the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with5 the spoils of time,... | |
 | George May (of Evesham, Eng.) - 1845 - 556 oldal
...trophies raise Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the notes of praise. " Can storied urn or animated bust Back...dust. Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ?" These premises were in 1723 assigned to John Beaufoy and others; to the intent that one messuage... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 oldal
...fleeting br'eath ? Can honour's voice/ provoke the silent d'ust, Or flatAtery/ sooth the d'ull/ col'd-ear of dea"th ? Perhaps/ in this/ neglected sp'ot is la'id/...the rod of em'pire/ might have sway'ed, Or waked to ec'stacy/ the li'ving-lyre : Bu't/ knowledge to their ey'es/ her ample pag'e, R'ich/ with the spoils... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 oldal
...XI. Can storied urn, or animated bust, 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 ? .NEV/YOK-i A "• -• L-'I~X AND XII. Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once... | |
 | Douglas Lane Patey, Timothy Keegan - 1985 - 280 oldal
...raise . . . Can storied urn or animated bust 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? or the plangent defiance of this epitaph: If breath were made For every man to buy The poor man would... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 oldal
...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...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... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 oldal
...impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells...breath? Can Honor'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... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1999 - 524 oldal
...to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aile 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 flatt'ry soothe... | |
 | Robert Penn Warren - 2000 - 268 oldal
...speaking in the serious tone of a school elocution class) "Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear —of Death?" (Shaking his head, he pats the bust on the shoulder,... | |
 | Kent Gramm - 2001 - 350 oldal
...impute to These the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn Isle 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 Flatt'ry sooth... | |
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