Poems by Mr. Gray. A new editionOsborne & Griffin, 1787 - 132 pages |
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Page 11
... race of Man ; And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft ; Brush'd by the hand of rough Mifchance , Or ...
... race of Man ; And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the Bufy and the Gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft ; Brush'd by the hand of rough Mifchance , Or ...
Page 22
... . * Say , Father THAMES , for thou haft feen Full many a sprightly race And bees their honey redolent of fpring . Dryden's Fable on the Pythag . Syftem S 1 Difporting on thy margent green The paths of 22 ODE ON A DISTANT.
... . * Say , Father THAMES , for thou haft feen Full many a sprightly race And bees their honey redolent of fpring . Dryden's Fable on the Pythag . Syftem S 1 Difporting on thy margent green The paths of 22 ODE ON A DISTANT.
Page 22
... fpring . Say , Father THAMES , for thou haft feen Full many a sprightly race And bees their honey redolent of fpring . Dryden's Fable on the Pythag . Syftem Difporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace 22 ODE ON A DISTANT.
... fpring . Say , Father THAMES , for thou haft feen Full many a sprightly race And bees their honey redolent of fpring . Dryden's Fable on the Pythag . Syftem Difporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace 22 ODE ON A DISTANT.
Page 38
... 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 , by its chearful prefence , to dispel the ...
... 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 , by its chearful prefence , to dispel the ...
Page 43
... the liknefs of a throne , as the appearance of a fapphire ftone . This was the appearance of the glo of the Lord , Ezekiel 1. 20 , 26 , 28 . ry Two Courfers of æthereal race + With necks in thunder e A PINDARIC ODE . 43.
... the liknefs of a throne , as the appearance of a fapphire ftone . This was the appearance of the glo of the Lord , Ezekiel 1. 20 , 26 , 28 . ry Two Courfers of æthereal race + With necks in thunder e A PINDARIC ODE . 43.
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