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... Poets 122 Yardley Oak 123 To the Nightingale 130 To Mary 131 The Castaway 133 The Task 136 • The Winter Evening The Winter Morning Walk 136 164 NOTES 197 INTRODUCTION A BRIEF LIFE OF THOMAS GRAY THOMAS GRAY , viii CONTENTS.
... Poets 122 Yardley Oak 123 To the Nightingale 130 To Mary 131 The Castaway 133 The Task 136 • The Winter Evening The Winter Morning Walk 136 164 NOTES 197 INTRODUCTION A BRIEF LIFE OF THOMAS GRAY THOMAS GRAY , viii CONTENTS.
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... Mary Antrobus , died . The poet was very fond of her , and her death is thought to have influenced him to resume and complete the " Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard , " which he had begun seven years before . Its final stanzas ...
... Mary Antrobus , died . The poet was very fond of her , and her death is thought to have influenced him to resume and complete the " Elegy Written in a Country Church - Yard , " which he had begun seven years before . Its final stanzas ...
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... Mary , " and " The Castaway . " In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his con- tribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of any real service , for death was near at hand . He died ...
... Mary , " and " The Castaway . " In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his con- tribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of any real service , for death was near at hand . He died ...
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... Mary . The peeress comes . The audience stare , And doff their hats with due submission : She curtsies , as she takes her chair , To all the people of condition . The bard , with many an artful fib , Had an imagination fenced him ...
... Mary . The peeress comes . The audience stare , And doff their hats with due submission : She curtsies , as she takes her chair , To all the people of condition . The bard , with many an artful fib , Had an imagination fenced him ...
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... Mary to Anna conveyed , The plentiful moisture encumbered the flower , And weighed down its beautiful head . The cup was all filled , and the leaves were all wet , 5 And it seemed , to a fanciful view , To weep for the buds it had left ...
... Mary to Anna conveyed , The plentiful moisture encumbered the flower , And weighed down its beautiful head . The cup was all filled , and the leaves were all wet , 5 And it seemed , to a fanciful view , To weep for the buds it had left ...
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