Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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Page 9
... purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat , Responsive to the cuckow's note , The untaught harmony of spring : While , whifp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling ...
... purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat , Responsive to the cuckow's note , The untaught harmony of spring : While , whifp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling ...
Page 16
... purple to the view Betray'd a golden gleam . The haplefs nymph with wonder faw : A whisker firft and then a claw , With many an ardent wish , She stretch'd in vain to reach the prize . What female heart can gold despise ? What cat's ...
... purple to the view Betray'd a golden gleam . The haplefs nymph with wonder faw : A whisker firft and then a claw , With many an ardent wish , She stretch'd in vain to reach the prize . What female heart can gold despise ? What cat's ...
Page 29
... , 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.
... , 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.
Page 38
... purple light of Love . II . I Man's feeble race what ills * await ,. Labour , and Penury , the racks of Pain , * To compenfate the real and imaginary ills of life , the Mufe was given to mankind by the fame Providence that fends the day ...
... purple light of Love . II . I Man's feeble race what ills * await ,. Labour , and Penury , the racks of Pain , * To compenfate the real and imaginary ills of life , the Mufe was given to mankind by the fame Providence that fends the day ...
Page 87
... purple fpear , Hafty , hafty Rout is there , Marking with indignant eye Fear to ftop and fhame to fly . There Confufion , Terror's child , Conflict fierce , and ruin wild , Agony , that pants for breath , Defpair , and honourable Death ...
... purple fpear , Hafty , hafty Rout is there , Marking with indignant eye Fear to ftop and fhame to fly . There Confufion , Terror's child , Conflict fierce , and ruin wild , Agony , that pants for breath , Defpair , and honourable Death ...
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