The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayBell and Daldy, 1800 - 223 pages |
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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
Thomas Gray. The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; While mutual wishes mutual woes endear , The social smile and sympathetic tear . Say , then , thro ' ages by what fate confin'd To diff'rent ...
Thomas Gray. The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; While mutual wishes mutual woes endear , The social smile and sympathetic tear . Say , then , thro ' ages by what fate confin'd To diff'rent ...
Page xxxiii
... a silver harp she bore , Whose magic notes , soft warbling from the string , Give tranquil joys the breast ne'er knew before , Or raise the soul on rapture's airy wing . By grief impell'd I heard her heave a sigh , Dinj.
... a silver harp she bore , Whose magic notes , soft warbling from the string , Give tranquil joys the breast ne'er knew before , Or raise the soul on rapture's airy wing . By grief impell'd I heard her heave a sigh , Dinj.
Page xxxvi
... soft Eolian flutef Breathes thro ' the heart the melting strain , The pow'rs of Harmony are mute , And leave the once - delightful plain ; With heavy wing I see them beat the air , [ page . Damp'd by the leaden hand of comfortless ...
... soft Eolian flutef Breathes thro ' the heart the melting strain , The pow'rs of Harmony are mute , And leave the once - delightful plain ; With heavy wing I see them beat the air , [ page . Damp'd by the leaden hand of comfortless ...
Page 49
... 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 , Nor circled with the vengeful band : ( As by the impious thou art seen ) With thund'ring ...
... 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 , Nor circled with the vengeful band : ( As by the impious thou art seen ) With thund'ring ...
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