The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages in the University of Cambridge: With Some Account of His Life and Writings; the Whole Carefully Revised; and Illustrated by Notes, Original and Selected; to which are Annexed, Poems Written By, Addressed To, Or in Memory of Mr. Gray; Several of which Were Never Before CollectedJ. Scatcherd, 1799 - 186 pages |
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... his memory held in high veneration is countrymen . ) Fierce War , and faithful Love . Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my song . Spenser's Proem to the Fairy Queen . stant warblings lessen on my ear , ( q )
... his memory held in high veneration is countrymen . ) Fierce War , and faithful Love . Fierce wars and faithful loves shall moralize my song . Spenser's Proem to the Fairy Queen . stant warblings lessen on my ear , ( q )
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... song ended , he precipitates elf from the mountain , and is swallowed up by the river that at its foot . " e ( says Mr. Mason ) as the conclusion of this Ode is at present , I would have been still finer , if he could have executed it ...
... song ended , he precipitates elf from the mountain , and is swallowed up by the river that at its foot . " e ( says Mr. Mason ) as the conclusion of this Ode is at present , I would have been still finer , if he could have executed it ...
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... Song ; which when they d finished , they tore the web into twelve pieces , and ( each taking r portion ) galloped Six to the North and as many to the South . hese were the Valkyriur , female Divinities , Servants of Odin ( or Code ) in ...
... Song ; which when they d finished , they tore the web into twelve pieces , and ( each taking r portion ) galloped Six to the North and as many to the South . hese were the Valkyriur , female Divinities , Servants of Odin ( or Code ) in ...
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... Songs of joy and trium y to the victorious ban Triumph to the young Mortal , thou that hear'st Learn the tenour of 0 Sortland , thro ' each win Far and wide the not sters , hence with Each her thundering spu ach bestride her sable Hurry ...
... Songs of joy and trium y to the victorious ban Triumph to the young Mortal , thou that hear'st Learn the tenour of 0 Sortland , thro ' each win Far and wide the not sters , hence with Each her thundering spu ach bestride her sable Hurry ...
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... song . land , thro ' each winding vale ar and wide the notes prolong . ers , hence with spurs of speed : Each her thundering faulchion wield ; h bestride her sable steed . Hurry , hurry to the field . groaning earth beneath him shakes ...
... song . land , thro ' each winding vale ar and wide the notes prolong . ers , hence with spurs of speed : Each her thundering faulchion wield ; h bestride her sable steed . Hurry , hurry to the field . groaning earth beneath him shakes ...
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Page 80 - 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.
Page 79 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 90 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Page 83 - Th' applause of list'ning 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...
Page 89 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful-wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love.
Page 80 - 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.
Page 7 - 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 84 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Page 86 - 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 85 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.