The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealthe’er gave Awaits alike th’ inevitable hour :

Question

Explain the passages with reference to the context :

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealthe’er gave Awaits alike th’ inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Answer 1

Context : The poet is sitting in a country churchyard. He is remembering the men lying ** in their small graves. No man and no sound can wake them up. They will never come back to life because they have been ** forever. They were very simple, uneducated and poor people.

Explanation : In this concluding stanza the poet says that we should not be proud of our birth in a high family or of our wealth. Powerful, beautiful or wealthy persons may get honour and fame in this world. But their end is also like the poor, weak and ugly people. So they should not be proud of their material sessions. They should remember that the end of all is the same, i.e. *****.