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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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The “ Ode on the Spring , ' " “ Sonnet on the Death of Richard West ” ( West died on June 1 ) , “ Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College , ” and “ Hymn to Adversity ” all belong to this period , besides the opening stanzas of the ...
The “ Ode on the Spring , ' " “ Sonnet on the Death of Richard West ” ( West died on June 1 ) , “ Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College , ” and “ Hymn to Adversity ” all belong to this period , besides the opening stanzas of the ...
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xii The year 1753 was an eventful one in Gray's life , as it witnessed the publication of his first volume of verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he was ...
xii The year 1753 was an eventful one in Gray's life , as it witnessed the publication of his first volume of verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he was ...
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It made its way , however , after his death , with the public as with the few ; and Gray's second biographer , Mitford , remarks that “ the works which were either neglected or ridiculed by their contemporaries have now raised Gray and ...
It made its way , however , after his death , with the public as with the few ; and Gray's second biographer , Mitford , remarks that “ the works which were either neglected or ridiculed by their contemporaries have now raised Gray and ...
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In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his contribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of any real service , for death was near at hand . He died at East Dereham , Norfolk , on ...
In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his contribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of any real service , for death was near at hand . He died at East Dereham , Norfolk , on ...
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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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