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" 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... "
Poetical selections, consisting of the most approved pieces of our best ... - Page 169
by Poetical selections - 1811
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 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 spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle, and fretted vault, The ht, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia eheeks her Baek to its mansion eall the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voiee provoke the silent dust, Or flattery...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...memory o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise :— Can...breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust; Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once...
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The Art of Reading, Or, Rules for the Attainment of a Just and Correct ...

1826 - 82 pages
...the voice with the rising inflection on the word death : Can story'd urn or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? As the sense of the word or, that is, whether it means...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

1826 - 310 pages
...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, Bark to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or Flattery...
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The Poetical Works

Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...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, I lack to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery...
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...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...Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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...breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...Mem'ry o'er their tombs 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 it's mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry...
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The American Reader: Containing Extracts Suited to Excite a Love of Science ...

George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...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...? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, . Or flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart, once...
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