Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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Page 11
... Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft ; Brush'd by the hand of rough Mifchance , Or chill'd by Age , their airy dance They leave in duft to rest . Methinks , I hear in ...
... Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft ; Brush'd by the hand of rough Mifchance , Or chill'd by Age , their airy dance They leave in duft to rest . Methinks , I hear in ...
Page 26
... alike to groan ; " The tender for another's pain , Th ' unfeeling for his own . Yet ah , why should they know their fate ! Since Sorrow never comes too late , And Happiness too swiftly flies . ' Thought would destroy their paradife . No ...
... alike to groan ; " The tender for another's pain , Th ' unfeeling for his own . Yet ah , why should they know their fate ! Since Sorrow never comes too late , And Happiness too swiftly flies . ' Thought would destroy their paradife . No ...
Page 41
... Alike they scorn the pomp of tyrant power ,. And coward vice that revels in her chains . Progrefs of Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante , or of Petrarch ...
... Alike they scorn the pomp of tyrant power ,. And coward vice that revels in her chains . Progrefs of Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante , or of Petrarch ...
Page 93
... , the pomp of pow'r , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er Await alike th ' inevitable hour . [ gave The paths of glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the COUNTRY CHURCH - YARD . 93.
... , the pomp of pow'r , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er Await alike th ' inevitable hour . [ gave The paths of glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the COUNTRY CHURCH - YARD . 93.
Page 100
... his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike † in trembling hope re- pofe , ) The bofom of his Father and his God . + " - paventofa fpe me . " Petrarch . San . 114 . O DE то MUS I C. Perform'd in the Senate 100 ELEGY , & c .
... his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike † in trembling hope re- pofe , ) The bofom of his Father and his God . + " - paventofa fpe me . " Petrarch . San . 114 . O DE то MUS I C. Perform'd in the Senate 100 ELEGY , & c .
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