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... boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Awaits alike the inevitable hour : - O The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 30 35 Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If memory ...
... boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Awaits alike the inevitable hour : - O The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 30 35 Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If memory ...
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... of skill divine Art thou , nor prophetess of good ; 85 But mother of the giant brood ! PROPHETESS Hie thee hence , and boast at home , That never shall inquirer come 90 90 5 To break my iron - sleep again 34 GRAY'S POEMS.
... of skill divine Art thou , nor prophetess of good ; 85 But mother of the giant brood ! PROPHETESS Hie thee hence , and boast at home , That never shall inquirer come 90 90 5 To break my iron - sleep again 34 GRAY'S POEMS.
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... boasted titles , and her golden fields : With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day , and heavens of azure hue ; Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose , And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows . Proud of the ...
... boasted titles , and her golden fields : With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day , and heavens of azure hue ; Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose , And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows . Proud of the ...
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... boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For , while he spake , a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort , as he Had heard a lion roar , And galloped off with all his might , As he had done before . 185 190 ...
... boast ! For which he paid full dear ; For , while he spake , a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort , as he Had heard a lion roar , And galloped off with all his might , As he had done before . 185 190 ...
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... boasted powers , Prove that you have human feelings , Ere you proudly question ours ! 45 50 59 55 55 PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS Video meliora proboque , Deteriora sequor . I OWN I am shocked at the purchase of slaves , And fear those who ...
... boasted powers , Prove that you have human feelings , Ere you proudly question ours ! 45 50 59 55 55 PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS Video meliora proboque , Deteriora sequor . I OWN I am shocked at the purchase of slaves , And fear those who ...
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Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cæsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden golden reign grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cæsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote