Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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... 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 before , unpitied and a- lone . When first thy fire to fend on earth Virtue , C 3 29.
... 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 before , unpitied and a- lone . When first thy fire to fend on earth Virtue , C 3 29.
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Thomas Gray. When first thy fire to fend on earth Virtue , his darling child , defign'd , To thee he gave the heavenly Birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore What patience many a year she bore ...
Thomas Gray. When first thy fire to fend on earth Virtue , his darling child , defign'd , To thee he gave the heavenly Birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore What patience many a year she bore ...
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... earth with thund'ring tread ? " Twas Death --- In hafte The warrior paft ; High tower'd his helmed head : I mark'd his mail , I mark'd his shield , I fpy'd the sparkling of his fpear , I faw his giant arm the faulcheon wield ; Wide wav ...
... earth with thund'ring tread ? " Twas Death --- In hafte The warrior paft ; High tower'd his helmed head : I mark'd his mail , I mark'd his shield , I fpy'd the sparkling of his fpear , I faw his giant arm the faulcheon wield ; Wide wav ...
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... earth beneath him shakes ) . Till full before his fearless eyes , The portals nine of hell arise . Right against the eastern gate , By the mofs - grown pile he fate : Where long of yore to fleep was laid The duft of the prophetic Maid ...
... earth beneath him shakes ) . Till full before his fearless eyes , The portals nine of hell arise . Right against the eastern gate , By the mofs - grown pile he fate : Where long of yore to fleep was laid The duft of the prophetic Maid ...
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... earth beneath him shakes ) . Till full before his fearless eyes , The portals nine of hell arise . Right against the eastern gate , By the mofs - grown pile he fate : Where long of yore to fleep was laid The duft of the prophetic Maid ...
... earth beneath him shakes ) . Till full before his fearless eyes , The portals nine of hell arise . Right against the eastern gate , By the mofs - grown pile he fate : Where long of yore to fleep was laid The duft of the prophetic Maid ...
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