Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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... doom , The little victims play ! No fenfe have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day . Yet fee how all around them wait The minifters of human fate , And black misfortune's baleful train ! Ah , fhew them where in ambush stand ...
... doom , The little victims play ! No fenfe have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day . Yet fee how all around them wait The minifters of human fate , And black misfortune's baleful train ! Ah , fhew them where in ambush stand ...
Page 60
... doom Stamp we our vengeance deep , and ratify 66 III . I. Edward , lo ! to fudden fate- ( Weave we the woof . The thread is fpun ) " Half of thy heart we confecrate || . < ( The web is wove . The work is done . ) " Stay , Oh ftay ! nor ...
... doom Stamp we our vengeance deep , and ratify 66 III . I. Edward , lo ! to fudden fate- ( Weave we the woof . The thread is fpun ) " Half of thy heart we confecrate || . < ( The web is wove . The work is done . ) " Stay , Oh ftay ! nor ...
Page 64
... doom our Fates affign : • Be thine Despair , and fceptred Care ; • To triumph , and to die , are mine ' . He spoke , and headlong from the mountain's height , Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to end- lefs night . THE FATAL SISTERS ...
... doom our Fates affign : • Be thine Despair , and fceptred Care ; • To triumph , and to die , are mine ' . He spoke , and headlong from the mountain's height , Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to end- lefs night . THE FATAL SISTERS ...
Page 70
... doom , Orkney's woe , and Randver's bane . See the griefly texture grow , ( " Tis of human entrails made ) , And the weights that play below , Each a gafping Warrior's head . Shafts for shuttles dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords ...
... doom , Orkney's woe , and Randver's bane . See the griefly texture grow , ( " Tis of human entrails made ) , And the weights that play below , Each a gafping Warrior's head . Shafts for shuttles dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords ...
Page 80
... doom : His brother fends him to the tomb . Now my weary lips I close : Leave me , leave me to repose . OD . Prophetefs , my spell obey . Once again arife , and say , Who th ' avenger of his guilt , By whom shall Hoder's blood be fpilt ...
... doom : His brother fends him to the tomb . Now my weary lips I close : Leave me , leave me to repose . OD . Prophetefs , my spell obey . Once again arife , and say , Who th ' avenger of his guilt , By whom shall Hoder's blood be fpilt ...
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