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Page 36
... spring ; While , whispering pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gathered fragrance fling . Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade , Where'er the rude and moss - grown beech O'er ...
... spring ; While , whispering pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gathered fragrance fling . Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch A broader browner shade , Where'er the rude and moss - grown beech O'er ...
Page 37
... spring is gone- We frolic , while ' tis May . In reading this poem we must , of course , be struck by the fine finish of its diction - a charac- teristic of all Gray's work , in which we never encounter anything ill - considered or ...
... spring is gone- We frolic , while ' tis May . In reading this poem we must , of course , be struck by the fine finish of its diction - a charac- teristic of all Gray's work , in which we never encounter anything ill - considered or ...
Page 78
... spring , though the actual date is quite uncertain , that he wrote some stanzas which were found in a pocket - book after his death , and to which the title " Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissi- tude " is now generally given . I ...
... spring , though the actual date is quite uncertain , that he wrote some stanzas which were found in a pocket - book after his death , and to which the title " Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissi- tude " is now generally given . I ...
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