Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Those glories come too late
That on our ashes wait.

Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad read more

Glory is like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught.

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.]

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]

Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]

The first in glory, as the first in place.

The first in glory, as the first in place.

Who pants for glory, finds but short repose;
A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

Who pants for glory, finds but short repose;
A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.

The awful importance of this life is that it determines eternity.