Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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... ! 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 ..
... ! 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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... Wisdom in fable garb array'd , Immers'd in rapt'rous thought profound , And Melancholy filent maid , With leaden eye that loves the ground , Still on thy folemn steps attend Warm Charity , the 30 HYMN TO ADVERSITY . HYMN to Adversity,
... Wisdom in fable garb array'd , Immers'd in rapt'rous thought profound , And Melancholy filent maid , With leaden eye that loves the ground , Still on thy folemn steps attend Warm Charity , the 30 HYMN TO ADVERSITY . HYMN to Adversity,
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... of tumultuous paffions . * Power of harmony to calm the turbu- lent fallies of the foul . The thoughts are borrowed from the firft Pythian of Pindar . On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the 36 THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
... of tumultuous paffions . * Power of harmony to calm the turbu- lent fallies of the foul . The thoughts are borrowed from the firft Pythian of Pindar . On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the 36 THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
Page 44
... Thoughts that breathe || , and words that burn . But ah ! ' tis heard no more §-- + Meant to express the ftately march and founding energy of Dryden's rhymes . | Haft thou cloathed his neck with thunder ? Words that weep , and tears ...
... Thoughts that breathe || , and words that burn . But ah ! ' tis heard no more §-- + Meant to express the ftately march and founding energy of Dryden's rhymes . | Haft thou cloathed his neck with thunder ? Words that weep , and tears ...
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... , ) IN THE ORCADES of THORMODUS , TOR- TÆUS ; HAFNIÆ , 1797 , Folio : and alfo in BARTHOLINUS . Fitt er orpit fycir valfalli , & c , BRITIST ADVERTISEMENT . The Author once had thoughts ( in F 3 The FATAL SISTERS An Ode,
... , ) IN THE ORCADES of THORMODUS , TOR- TÆUS ; HAFNIÆ , 1797 , Folio : and alfo in BARTHOLINUS . Fitt er orpit fycir valfalli , & c , BRITIST ADVERTISEMENT . The Author once had thoughts ( in F 3 The FATAL SISTERS An Ode,
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