 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 Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Page 113by Thomas Gray - 1804 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Belgium - 1841 - 316 pages
...melodious tones resounding amidst the " dim religious light" of the old gothic church, when "Through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise." In the church of St. Sauveur, Rue des Pre'tres, there is a painting of the " Descent from... | |
 | 1841 - 438 pages
..." be thankful unto him," and to " speak good of his name !" Oh, how I love to hear, " Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise ;" to hear the two sides of the choir alternately taking up the Psalm of thanksgiving, inviting... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...Through this midnight hush — methinks I hear faint and far off a sacred music, — " Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise!" How steeped in the beauty of moonlight are all those pale, pillared churches, courts and cloisters,... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1831 - 622 pages
...Faculty divine !" Vow that those deep diapasons have ceased In roll — now that no more, — " through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise," n the hush may audience be found to listen even to our humble strains — provided they ire... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...Muses! Through this midnight hush—methinks I hear faint and far off a sacred music,— "Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise!" How steeped in the beauty of moonlight are all those pale, pillared churches, courts and cloisters,... | |
 | John Wilson - English essays - 1842 - 422 pages
...heard but on the Sabbath, as in the cathedral towns and cities of England, where so often " Through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise." Poetry, in our age, has been made too much a thing to talk about — to show off upon —... | |
 | Leonor de Almeida Portugal Lorena e Lencastre Alorna (Marquesa de) - 1844 - 298 pages
...hour: The paths of glory lead to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to these the fault. If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise Where thro' the...fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. 182 Aromas que respira a madrugada, Gorgeios que do ninho as aves soltam, Do gallo o grito... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...yon, ye Proud , impute to These the fault* If Memory o'er their tomh no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing...swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated hust Back to its mansion call the fleeting hreath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...yon, 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...of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...ye proud ! impute to these2 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 of praise. Can storied3 urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke4... | |
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