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Page xii
... close of his poetical activities . Gray's life was now fast drawing to a close . several years he had been afflicted with the gout , For which was hereditary , and he sought to stay its progress by making yearly excursions through Great ...
... close of his poetical activities . Gray's life was now fast drawing to a close . several years he had been afflicted with the gout , For which was hereditary , and he sought to stay its progress by making yearly excursions through Great ...
Page xviii
... close associates , and together they wrote the celebrated Olney Hymns , which were published in 1779 . But it was not until 1780 that Cowper seriously turned his attention to the writing of verse . From time to time he had written short ...
... close associates , and together they wrote the celebrated Olney Hymns , which were published in 1779 . But it was not until 1780 that Cowper seriously turned his attention to the writing of verse . From time to time he had written short ...
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... Close by the regal chair 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 ? 80 Long years of havoc urge their destined course , 85 And ...
... Close by the regal chair 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 ? 80 Long years of havoc urge their destined course , 85 And ...
Page 28
... for shuttles , dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords along . Sword , that once a monarch bore , 15 Keep the tissue close and strong . Mista , black terrific maid , Sangrida , and Hilda 28 GRAY'S POEMS The Fatal Sisters.
... for shuttles , dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords along . Sword , that once a monarch bore , 15 Keep the tissue close and strong . Mista , black terrific maid , Sangrida , and Hilda 28 GRAY'S POEMS The Fatal Sisters.
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... close : Leave me , leave me to repose . ODIN Prophetess , my spell obey , Once again arise , and say , Who the avenger of his guilt , By whom shall Hoder's blood be spilt ? PROPHETESS In the caverns of the west , By Odin's fierce ...
... close : Leave me , leave me to repose . ODIN Prophetess , my spell obey , Once again arise , and say , Who the avenger of his guilt , By whom shall Hoder's blood be spilt ? PROPHETESS In the caverns of the west , By Odin's fierce ...
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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