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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of read more
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
Go where glory waits thee;
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.
Go where glory waits thee;
But while fame elates thee,
Oh! still remember me.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any read more
The paths of glory at least lead to the grave, but the paths of duty may not get you any where.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.