The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayGroombridge and sons, 1837 - 4 pages |
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... thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy spring is gone- We frolic while ' tis May . ON ...
... thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy spring is gone- We frolic while ' tis May . ON ...
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... 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 enthral ? What idle progeny ...
... 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 enthral ? What idle progeny ...
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... Thou tamer of the human breast , Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain , The proud are taught to taste of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt ...
... Thou tamer of the human breast , Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain , The proud are taught to taste of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt ...
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... thou art seen ) ; With thundering voice , and threatening mien , With screaming Horror's funeral cry , Despair , and fell Disease , and ghastly Poverty : Thy form benign , oh goddess , wear , Thy milder influence impart , Thy ...
... thou art seen ) ; With thundering voice , and threatening mien , With screaming Horror's funeral cry , Despair , and fell Disease , and ghastly Poverty : Thy form benign , oh goddess , wear , Thy milder influence impart , Thy ...
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... thunder clothed ] " Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? " JOB . - This verse and the foregoing are meant to express the stately march and sounding energy of Dryden's rhymes . с III . 3 . Hark , his hands the lyre ODES . 17.
... thunder clothed ] " Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? " JOB . - This verse and the foregoing are meant to express the stately march and sounding energy of Dryden's rhymes . с III . 3 . Hark , his hands the lyre ODES . 17.
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ACERONIA æquor AGRIPPINA Amor Anicetus atque auras awake Baiæ Bards beautiful beneath breast breath brow climes cœli DAVID BOGUE death decus dread dulces Earl Edward Eirin Elegy Eton College eyes fate fears fire FRAGMENT GEMS glittering golden grace Gray Gray's hæc hand Haud heart Heaven Hinc honour horrors ignes John Penn king lady latè Long Story longo Lord lyre Margaret of Anjou MASINISSA MASON morn mother Muse Nero night o'er oculis oculos Odin OLIVER GOLDSMITH Otho Pindar pleasure poem poet Poppæa PROPHETESS quâ quæ quod regna reign repose rerum round S. T. COLERIDGE Scilicèt SCOTT shade shame SIR WALTER SCOTT Sisters smile soft solemn song soul spirit stanza Stoke sweet tale Taliessin tear thee THOMAS GRAY thou trembling vale verse voice vols Weave weep wings written youth