...wishes, and busy cares, of this fleeting scene sink into the insignificance they deserve ! " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." These are melancholy reflections, and little in unison with other parts of this...

...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,...lead but to the grave. . Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle,...

...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,...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...

...disappointments. AN EVENING'S RAMBLE. " Th« boast of heraldry, the pump of po»'r," And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Gray. I WAS on a desolate spot of our favoured island ; craggy heights, broken glens,...

...the principle of death in it. And you no longer live for it and you no longer boast of it. The boast 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. Thomas Gray...

...Thomas Gray did in those lines in his Elegy addressed in particular to Ambition and Grandeur: The boast 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.83 Gray presumably...

...as to contrast them. They share life as well as illusions. Death destroys the illusions: "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, / And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave." But it does not put out the flame of life, which survives, perhaps only in epitaphs and...

...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory...

...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, Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. This version...

...known, this is the one.") A few lines may serve to give the tone of Gray's pensive solitude: The boast 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. Full many a gem...