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Britain , accounts of which he wrote in a series of delightful letters . In 1771 he planned an excursion to Switzerland , but it was not to be carried out . He was seized on July 24 with an acute attack of gout in the stomach , which ...
Britain , accounts of which he wrote in a series of delightful letters . In 1771 he planned an excursion to Switzerland , but it was not to be carried out . He was seized on July 24 with an acute attack of gout in the stomach , which ...
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O 20 25 Say , father Thames , for thou hast seeno Full many a sprightly race , Disporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ?
O 20 25 Say , father Thames , for thou hast seeno Full many a sprightly race , Disporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ?
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The prostrate south to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles , and her golden fields : With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day , and heavens of azure hue ; 55 Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose , And quaff ...
The prostrate south to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles , and her golden fields : With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day , and heavens of azure hue ; 55 Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose , And quaff ...
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AIR 30 “ Ye brown o'er - arching groves , That contemplation loves , Where willowy Camus ° lingers with delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn , Oft wooed the gleam of Cynthiao silver - bright In cloisters dim ...
AIR 30 “ Ye brown o'er - arching groves , That contemplation loves , Where willowy Camus ° lingers with delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn , Oft wooed the gleam of Cynthiao silver - bright In cloisters dim ...
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5 10 Still in thought as free as ever , What are England's rights , I ask , Me from my delights to sever , Me to torture , me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion , Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; 15 Skins may differ ...
5 10 Still in thought as free as ever , What are England's rights , I ask , Me from my delights to sever , Me to torture , me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion , Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; 15 Skins may differ ...
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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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