Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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Page 35
... give to rapture all thy trem- bling ftrings . From Helicon's harmonious fprings A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers that round them blow , Drink life and fragrance as they flow . * Awake , my glory ; awake ...
... give to rapture all thy trem- bling ftrings . From Helicon's harmonious fprings A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers that round them blow , Drink life and fragrance as they flow . * Awake , my glory ; awake ...
Page 36
... gives life and luftre to all it touches , are here defcribed ; its quiet , majeftic progress en- riching every fubject ( other wife dry and barren ) with a pomp of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers ; and its more rapid and ...
... gives life and luftre to all it touches , are here defcribed ; its quiet , majeftic progress en- riching every fubject ( other wife dry and barren ) with a pomp of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers ; and its more rapid and ...
Page 39
... gives to range the dreary fky : " Till down the Eaftern cliffs afar + Hyperion's march they fpy , and glitt'ring fhafts of war . + Or feen the morning's well - appointed star Come marching up the Eaftern hills afar . Cowley Dz II . 2 ...
... gives to range the dreary fky : " Till down the Eaftern cliffs afar + Hyperion's march they fpy , and glitt'ring fhafts of war . + Or feen the morning's well - appointed star Come marching up the Eaftern hills afar . Cowley Dz II . 2 ...
Page 56
... Give ample room , and verge enough " The characters of hell to trace . " Mark the year , and mark the night , " When Severn shall re - eccho with affrightt , " The fhrieks of death , through Berkeley's roofs that ring ; " Shrieks of an ...
... Give ample room , and verge enough " The characters of hell to trace . " Mark the year , and mark the night , " When Severn shall re - eccho with affrightt , " The fhrieks of death , through Berkeley's roofs that ring ; " Shrieks of an ...
Page 71
... youthful king your shield . We the reins to flaughter give , Ours to kill and ours to spare : Spite of danger he shall live . ( Weave the crimson web of war . ) They , whom once the defart beach Pent within its ANODE . 71.
... youthful king your shield . We the reins to flaughter give , Ours to kill and ours to spare : Spite of danger he shall live . ( Weave the crimson web of war . ) They , whom once the defart beach Pent within its ANODE . 71.
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art thou beneath bluſh breaſt breath brow Caernarvonshire Cambria's chearful cloſe crimſon crown dauntlefs death Denmark Difdainful dread dreft Dryden's Edward Eirin Eolian ETON COLLEGE fable fate feen fend fhade fhaggy fhall fide Firſt fkies flaughter fleep flowers fmiling foft folemn fome fong forrows foul fpirit fpring ftately ftill ftrains ftream fublime fuch fway fwell glitt'ring glory hafty hand Hark Hauberk heart Heav'n Henry VI Hoder's horſe Italy kindred King lance lefs loft Lord Love lyre Milton Mufe ne'er numbers o'er Odin OWEN Paffions pain Paradife Petrarch PINDARIC ODE pleaſure Prophetefs purſues Quarto reign repoſe reſt rhime rifing rill rofe ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhield Snowdon ſpeed ſpread ſtate ſteep ſteps ſweet Talieffin tear thee thefe theſe thoſe thou thro thund'ring tomb triumph Twas tyrant Virg voice wave Weave Welch Where-e'er whofe wing youth