The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayBell and Daldy, 1800 - 223 pages |
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Page xi
... pleasure brings to happier men , The fields to all their wonted tribute bear , To warm their little loves the birds complain ; I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear , And weep the more because I weep in vain . The Ode to Spring was ...
... pleasure brings to happier men , The fields to all their wonted tribute bear , To warm their little loves the birds complain ; I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear , And weep the more because I weep in vain . The Ode to Spring was ...
Page xii
Thomas Gray. pleasure , but the traces of them on the heart of Gray were too deeply inscribed to be soon coliterated ; we shall not therefore wonder at the subjects he has chosen , nor at the solemnity with which he hath treated them ...
Thomas Gray. pleasure , but the traces of them on the heart of Gray were too deeply inscribed to be soon coliterated ; we shall not therefore wonder at the subjects he has chosen , nor at the solemnity with which he hath treated them ...
Page xiv
... , with mem'ry to retain , They follow pleasure and they fly from pain ; Their judgment mends the plan their fancy draws , Th ' event presages and explores the cause ;. } The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud xiv LIFE OF GRAY .
... , with mem'ry to retain , They follow pleasure and they fly from pain ; Their judgment mends the plan their fancy draws , Th ' event presages and explores the cause ;. } The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud xiv LIFE OF GRAY .
Page xv
... Pleasure sighs in ev'ry gale . Oft ' o'er the trembling nations from afar Has Scythia breath'd the living cloud of war , And where the deluge burst with sweepy sway , Their arms , their kings , their gods , were roll'd away : As oft ...
... Pleasure sighs in ev'ry gale . Oft ' o'er the trembling nations from afar Has Scythia breath'd the living cloud of war , And where the deluge burst with sweepy sway , Their arms , their kings , their gods , were roll'd away : As oft ...
Page xix
... Pleasures of Vicissitude . From the loose hints in his commonplace - book , he appears to have planned a fourth ode on the connexion between genius and grandeur , but it cannot now be ascertained if any part of it was actually written ...
... Pleasures of Vicissitude . From the loose hints in his commonplace - book , he appears to have planned a fourth ode on the connexion between genius and grandeur , but it cannot now be ascertained if any part of it was actually written ...
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