Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

Glory is never where virtue is not.
[Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.]

Glory is never where virtue is not.
[Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.]

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
[Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late.
[Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

. . . glory built
On selfish principles is shame and guilt.

. . . glory built
On selfish principles is shame and guilt.

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.