Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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Page 37
... ; + This is a weak imitation of fome incompa « rable lines in the fame ode . The Power of Harmony to produce all the graces of motion in the body . D Now purfuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops A PINDARIC ODE . 37.
... ; + This is a weak imitation of fome incompa « rable lines in the fame ode . The Power of Harmony to produce all the graces of motion in the body . D Now purfuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops A PINDARIC ODE . 37.
Page 38
... life , the Mufe was given to mankind by the fame Providence that fends the day , by its chearful prefence , to dispel the gloom and ter- rors of the night . Disease , and Sorrow's weeping train , And Death , 38 THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
... life , the Mufe was given to mankind by the fame Providence that fends the day , by its chearful prefence , to dispel the gloom and ter- rors of the night . Disease , and Sorrow's weeping train , And Death , 38 THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
Page 59
... fame | , * Ruinous civil wars of York and Lancafter . + Henry VI , George Duke of Clarence , Edward V. Richard Duke of York , & c . be- lieved to be murdered fecretly in the Tower of London . The oldest part of that structure is ...
... fame | , * Ruinous civil wars of York and Lancafter . + Henry VI , George Duke of Clarence , Edward V. Richard Duke of York , & c . be- lieved to be murdered fecretly in the Tower of London . The oldest part of that structure is ...
Page 96
... 'd Mufe , years , fpelt by th ' unlet- The place of Fame and Elegy fupply : And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the ruftic moralift to die . For who , to dumb Forgetfulness a prey , This 96 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A.
... 'd Mufe , years , fpelt by th ' unlet- The place of Fame and Elegy fupply : And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the ruftic moralift to die . For who , to dumb Forgetfulness a prey , This 96 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A.
Page 99
... lap of Earth , A Youth to Fortune and to Fame un- known : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth , And melancholy mark'd him for her own : Large was his bounty , and his foul fincere , I 2 COUNTRY CHURCH - YARD . .99.
... lap of Earth , A Youth to Fortune and to Fame un- known : Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth , And melancholy mark'd him for her own : Large was his bounty , and his foul fincere , I 2 COUNTRY CHURCH - YARD . .99.
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art thou beneath bluſh breaſt breath brow Caernarvonshire Cambria's chearful cloſe crimſon crown dauntlefs death Denmark Difdainful dread dreft Dryden's Edward Eirin Eolian ETON COLLEGE fable fate feen fend fhade fhaggy fhall fide Firſt fkies flaughter fleep flowers fmiling foft folemn fome fong forrows foul fpirit fpring ftately ftill ftrains ftream fublime fuch fway fwell glitt'ring glory hafty hand Hark Hauberk heart Heav'n Henry VI Hoder's horſe Italy kindred King lance lefs loft Lord Love lyre Milton Mufe ne'er numbers o'er Odin OWEN Paffions pain Paradife Petrarch PINDARIC ODE pleaſure Prophetefs purſues Quarto reign repoſe reſt rhime rifing rill rofe ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhield Snowdon ſpeed ſpread ſtate ſteep ſteps ſweet Talieffin tear thee thefe theſe thoſe thou thro thund'ring tomb triumph Twas tyrant Virg voice wave Weave Welch Where-e'er whofe wing youth