The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and Writings. The Whole Carefully Revised; and Illustrated by Notes. To which are Annexed, Poems Addressed To, and in Memory Of, Mr. Gray; ...C. Whittingham, 1800 - 223 pages |
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... thought and irregularity " of verse , had usually been esteemed the only 66 way to resemble Pindar . The characteristic " excellencies of Pindar's poetry are , sublimity " of conception , boldness of metaphor , dignity of " stile ...
... thought and irregularity " of verse , had usually been esteemed the only 66 way to resemble Pindar . The characteristic " excellencies of Pindar's poetry are , sublimity " of conception , boldness of metaphor , dignity of " stile ...
Page xxxv
... thought , he is sur- passed by Mr. Gray . - These sublime and ela- " borate productions of genius chastised by learn- " ing , and of learning invigorated by genius , are " from their nature by no means calculated to " 6 please the ...
... thought , he is sur- passed by Mr. Gray . - These sublime and ela- " borate productions of genius chastised by learn- " ing , and of learning invigorated by genius , are " from their nature by no means calculated to " 6 please the ...
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... thought himself bound to perform . The object of his professorship being two - fold , and the patent allowing him to effect one of its designs by deputy , it is understood that he liberally rewarded for that purpose the teachers in the ...
... thought himself bound to perform . The object of his professorship being two - fold , and the patent allowing him to effect one of its designs by deputy , it is understood that he liberally rewarded for that purpose the teachers in the ...
Page xlvi
... thought that Mr. Congreve might very well be vindi- cated on this head . It seldom happens that the vanity of authorship continues to the end of a man's days ; it usually soon leaves him where it found him ; and if he has not something ...
... thought that Mr. Congreve might very well be vindi- cated on this head . It seldom happens that the vanity of authorship continues to the end of a man's days ; it usually soon leaves him where it found him ; and if he has not something ...
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... thought of importance enough to be distinguished , [ 1 ] Variation : How low , how indigent the Proud ; How little are the Great . Thus it stood in Dodsley's Miscellany , wherein it was first published . The author corrected it on ...
... thought of importance enough to be distinguished , [ 1 ] Variation : How low , how indigent the Proud ; How little are the Great . Thus it stood in Dodsley's Miscellany , wherein it was first published . The author corrected it on ...
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Page 88 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care, No children run to lisp their sire's return Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure.
Page 92 - Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Page 93 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Page 11 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall?
Page 95 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Page 28 - This pencil take (she said), whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy ; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Page 89 - Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 89 - Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 21 - Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take: The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales and Ceres...
Page 13 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!