Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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... fhall fit , and think ( At ease reclin'd in rustic state ) How vain the ardour of the Crowd , How low , how little are the Proud , How indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose ; Yet hark ! how ...
... fhall fit , and think ( At ease reclin'd in rustic state ) How vain the ardour of the Crowd , How low , how little are the Proud , How indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose ; Yet hark ! how ...
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... The vultures of the mind , Difdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind Or pining Love fhall waste their youth , Or Jealousy with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the fecret heart , And envy wan 24 ODE ON A DISTANT.
... The vultures of the mind , Difdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind Or pining Love fhall waste their youth , Or Jealousy with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the fecret heart , And envy wan 24 ODE ON A DISTANT.
Page 47
... fhall fwell To full - orb'd pride , and all decline , Ere they again in life's gay manfions dwell . Not fuch the meed that crowns the fons of Freedom's line . 11. 30 II . 3 . No , my Britons ! battle A PINDARIC ODE . 47.
... fhall fwell To full - orb'd pride , and all decline , Ere they again in life's gay manfions dwell . Not fuch the meed that crowns the fons of Freedom's line . 11. 30 II . 3 . No , my Britons ! battle A PINDARIC ODE . 47.
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... faithful loves fhall mo- ralize my fong . Spenfer's proeme to the Fairy Queen . + Shakespeare . +++ Milton . The fucceffion of Poets after Milton's time , • Fond impious Man , think'ft thou yon fan- guine F 2 A PINDARIC ODE . 63 .
... faithful loves fhall mo- ralize my fong . Spenfer's proeme to the Fairy Queen . + Shakespeare . +++ Milton . The fucceffion of Poets after Milton's time , • Fond impious Man , think'ft thou yon fan- guine F 2 A PINDARIC ODE . 63 .
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... fhall bite the ground . Long his lofs fhall Eirin weep , Ne'er again his likeness fee : Long her ftrains in forrows fteep , Strains of Immortality ! Horror covers all the heath , Clouds of carnage blot the fun . Sifters , weave the web ...
... fhall bite the ground . Long his lofs fhall Eirin weep , Ne'er again his likeness fee : Long her ftrains in forrows fteep , Strains of Immortality ! Horror covers all the heath , Clouds of carnage blot the fun . Sifters , weave the web ...
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