Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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Hymn to Adversity Sonnet on the Death of Richard West Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat The Progress of Poesy The Bard The Fatal Sisters The Descent of Odin The Triumphs of Owen The Death of Hoel Carådoc Conan .
Hymn to Adversity Sonnet on the Death of Richard West Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat The Progress of Poesy The Bard The Fatal Sisters The Descent of Odin The Triumphs of Owen The Death of Hoel Carådoc Conan .
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After the latter event he turned again to poetry for comfort , and in 1754 wrote the “ Ode to Vicissitude ” and “ The Progress of Poesy , " and began “ The Bard . ” In 1756 he removed from Peterhouse to Pembroke Hall at Cambridge ...
After the latter event he turned again to poetry for comfort , and in 1754 wrote the “ Ode to Vicissitude ” and “ The Progress of Poesy , " and began “ The Bard . ” In 1756 he removed from Peterhouse to Pembroke Hall at Cambridge ...
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On his monument the following stanza is inscribed : Ye who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents , dignified by sacred zeal , Here , to devotion's bard devoutly just , Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust !
On his monument the following stanza is inscribed : Ye who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents , dignified by sacred zeal , Here , to devotion's bard devoutly just , Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust !
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... as the light that visits these sad eyes , 35 O 40 O Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart THE BARD 23 The Bard.
... as the light that visits these sad eyes , 35 O 40 O Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart THE BARD 23 The Bard.
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... below , the rose of snow , 85 O O 90 The bristled boaro in infant - gore Wallows beneath the THE BARD 25 The Rose.
... below , the rose of snow , 85 O O 90 The bristled boaro in infant - gore Wallows beneath the THE BARD 25 The Rose.
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems Macmillian's pocket American and English classics |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1909 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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