Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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... prize . What female heart can gold despise ? What cat's averfe to fish ? Prefumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again the stretch'd , again fhe bent , Nor knew the gulf between . ( Malignant Fate fat 16 ODE ON THE DEATH.
... prize . What female heart can gold despise ? What cat's averfe to fish ? Prefumptuous maid ! with looks intent Again the stretch'd , again fhe bent , Nor knew the gulf between . ( Malignant Fate fat 16 ODE ON THE DEATH.
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Thomas Gray. Nor knew the gulf between . ( Malignant Fate fat by and fmil'd ) The flipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd , She tumbled headlong in . Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to ev'ry watʼry God , Some speedy aid to send ...
Thomas Gray. Nor knew the gulf between . ( Malignant Fate fat by and fmil'd ) The flipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd , She tumbled headlong in . Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to ev'ry watʼry God , Some speedy aid to send ...
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... fate , And black misfortune's baleful train ! Ah , fhew them where in ambush stand To feize their prey the murth'rous band ! Ah , tell them they are men ! These shall the fury Paffions tear , The vultures of the mind , Difdainful Anger ...
... fate , And black misfortune's baleful train ! Ah , fhew them where in ambush stand To feize their prey the murth'rous band ! Ah , tell them they are men ! These shall the fury Paffions tear , The vultures of the mind , Difdainful Anger ...
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... fate ! Since Sorrow never comes too late , And Happiness too swiftly flies . ' Thought would destroy their paradife . No more ; where ignorance is blifs ,. " Tis folly to be wife . HYMN то ADVERSITY . 26 ODE ON A DISTANT , & c ..
... fate ! Since Sorrow never comes too late , And Happiness too swiftly flies . ' Thought would destroy their paradife . No more ; where ignorance is blifs ,. " Tis folly to be wife . HYMN то ADVERSITY . 26 ODE ON A DISTANT , & c ..
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... Fate ! The fond complaint , my fong , difprove , And juftify the laws of Jove . Say , has he given in vain the heav'nly Mufe ! 3 Night , and all her fickly dews , Her spectres wan , and birds of boding 1 cry , He gives to range the ...
... Fate ! The fond complaint , my fong , difprove , And juftify the laws of Jove . Say , has he given in vain the heav'nly Mufe ! 3 Night , and all her fickly dews , Her spectres wan , and birds of boding 1 cry , He gives to range the ...
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