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... Ambition mock their useful toil , Their homely joys , and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor . The boast of heraldry , the pomp of pow'r , 4 ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS .
... Ambition mock their useful toil , Their homely joys , and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor . The boast of heraldry , the pomp of pow'r , 4 ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS .
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... smiling land , And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues , but their crimes con- fin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on ...
... smiling land , And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues , but their crimes con- fin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on ...
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Thomas Gray. Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest . Heard ye the din of battle bray , Lance to lance , and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course , And thro ' the kindred ...
Thomas Gray. Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest . Heard ye the din of battle bray , Lance to lance , and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course , And thro ' the kindred ...
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