Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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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 41
... tyrant power ,. And coward vice that revels in her chains . Progrefs of Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante , or of Petrarch . The Earl of Surrey , and Sir ...
... tyrant power ,. And coward vice that revels in her chains . Progrefs of Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante , or of Petrarch . The Earl of Surrey , and Sir ...
Page 46
... tyrant king and coward flave Rush with vindictive rage , and drag them to their grave . II . I. But you , my fons ! at this high hour Shall share the fulness of my power : From all your bows , In levell'd rows , My own dread fhafts ...
... tyrant king and coward flave Rush with vindictive rage , and drag them to their grave . II . I. But you , my fons ! at this high hour Shall share the fulness of my power : From all your bows , In levell'd rows , My own dread fhafts ...
Page 51
... Nor even thy virtues , Tyrant , shall avail * Mocking the air with colours idly spread . Shakespeare's King John . + The Hauberk was a texture of feel ringlets , To fave thy fecret foul from nightly fears From Cambria's E 2 or 51.
... Nor even thy virtues , Tyrant , shall avail * Mocking the air with colours idly spread . Shakespeare's King John . + The Hauberk was a texture of feel ringlets , To fave thy fecret foul from nightly fears From Cambria's E 2 or 51.
Page 63
... tyrant of the throbbing breast . A Voice † , as of the Cherub - choir , ⚫ Gales from blooming Eden bear ; And distant warblings || leffen on my ear , • That loft in long futurity expire . Fierce wars and faithful loves fhall mo- ralize ...
... tyrant of the throbbing breast . A Voice † , as of the Cherub - choir , ⚫ Gales from blooming Eden bear ; And distant warblings || leffen on my ear , • That loft in long futurity expire . Fierce wars and faithful loves fhall mo- ralize ...
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