Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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... tomb ? [ prefume Who thus afflicts my troubled fprite , And drags me from the realms of night ? Long on thefe mouldring bones have beat The winter's fnow , the fummer's heat , The drenching dews , and driving rain ! Let me , let me ...
... tomb ? [ prefume Who thus afflicts my troubled fprite , And drags me from the realms of night ? Long on thefe mouldring bones have beat The winter's fnow , the fummer's heat , The drenching dews , and driving rain ! Let me , let me ...
Page 80
... tomb . Now my weary lips I close : Leave me , leave me to repose . OD . Prophetefs , my spell obey . Once again arife , and say , Who th ' avenger of his guilt , By whom shall Hoder's blood be fpilt . PR . In the caverns of the west ...
... tomb . Now my weary lips I close : Leave me , leave me to repose . OD . Prophetefs , my spell obey . Once again arife , and say , Who th ' avenger of his guilt , By whom shall Hoder's blood be fpilt . PR . In the caverns of the west ...
Page 94
... Tomb no Trophies raise , Where thro ' the long - drawn ifle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem fwells the note of praise . Can ftoried urn or animated bust Back to its manfion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke ...
... Tomb no Trophies raise , Where thro ' the long - drawn ifle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem fwells the note of praise . Can ftoried urn or animated bust Back to its manfion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke ...
Page 97
... tomb the voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Afhes * live their wonted fires . For thee , who mindful of th ' unhonour'd Dead , Doft in these lines their artlefs tale relate , If Chance , by lonely Contemplation led , Some kindred ...
... tomb the voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Afhes * live their wonted fires . For thee , who mindful of th ' unhonour'd Dead , Doft in these lines their artlefs tale relate , If Chance , by lonely Contemplation led , Some kindred ...
Page 106
... tomb . [ Accompanied . ] All that on Granta's fruitful plain Rich ftreams of regal bounty pour'd , And bade their awful fanes and turrets rife , To hail their Fitzroy's feftal morning come . And thus they speak , in foft accord , The ...
... tomb . [ Accompanied . ] All that on Granta's fruitful plain Rich ftreams of regal bounty pour'd , And bade their awful fanes and turrets rife , To hail their Fitzroy's feftal morning come . And thus they speak , in foft accord , The ...
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