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...circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball 1 While some on earnest business bent Their murmuring labors ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To...they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The...

...shamefaced spirit, that mutinies in a man's bosom, and fills one full of obstacles. — Shakspeare. Still as they run they* look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And catch a fearful glance. — Gray. When the mind proposes honourable ends, not only the yirtues, but...

...To chase the rolling circle's speed, Or urge the flying ball ? While some on earnest business bent To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, Their murm'ring labours ply 'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint And unknown regions dare descry:...

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...line ! Thus, again, — I do envy Gray these lines in his Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy. Again — How strange is it that with all Gray 'a care in composition, the word 'shade* should occur...

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...can repeat them all. I do envy Gray these lines in his Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College ; " Still as they run, they look behind, They hear a voice in every wincl, And snatch a fearful joy." " Gay Hope is theirs, by Fancy fed, Less pleasing when possessed...