The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Thomas Gray
Time
A quote by Thomas Gray
From the source
Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 9.
Recorded in John Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, 1905 printing.