The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With a MemoirLittle, Brown, 1865 - 223 pages |
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... soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens , and wake the rising flowers . " Pope . Temple of Fame , b . i . v . 1. W. - In some editions , " expected " is printed for " expecting . " " The flowers that in its womb ...
... soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens , and wake the rising flowers . " Pope . Temple of Fame , b . i . v . 1. W. - In some editions , " expected " is printed for " expecting . " " The flowers that in its womb ...
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... soft air the busy nations fly . " And , 649 : " But restless hurry thro ' the busy air . " Compare also Pope . T. of Fame , 294 . V. 25. " Some to the sun their insect - wings unfold . " Pope . Rape of the Lock , ii . 59. W. This ...
... soft air the busy nations fly . " And , 649 : " But restless hurry thro ' the busy air . " Compare also Pope . T. of Fame , 294 . V. 25. " Some to the sun their insect - wings unfold . " Pope . Rape of the Lock , ii . 59. W. This ...
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... soft the sadly - pleasing tear . Oh ! gently on thy suppliant's head , Dread goddess , lay thy chast'ning hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad , Not circled with the vengeful band Also , " The common people swarm like summer flies ...
... soft the sadly - pleasing tear . Oh ! gently on thy suppliant's head , Dread goddess , lay thy chast'ning hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad , Not circled with the vengeful band Also , " The common people swarm like summer flies ...
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... soft controul . On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Var . V. 11. " With torrent rapture , see it pour . " Ms. 15 V. 9. Shenstone . Inscr . " Verdant vales and fountains bright . " Luke . V. 10. " Immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore ...
... soft controul . On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Var . V. 11. " With torrent rapture , see it pour . " Ms. 15 V. 9. Shenstone . Inscr . " Verdant vales and fountains bright . " Luke . V. 10. " Immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore ...
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... soft . " Fairfax . Tasso , xiii . 38 . 30 " She rears her flowers , and spreads her velvet - green . ” Young . Love of Fame , Sat. v . p . 128 . This expression , it is well known , has met with reprehension from Dr. Johnson ; who ...
... soft . " Fairfax . Tasso , xiii . 38 . 30 " She rears her flowers , and spreads her velvet - green . ” Young . Love of Fame , Sat. v . p . 128 . This expression , it is well known , has met with reprehension from Dr. Johnson ; who ...
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