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Thomas Gray. 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 ...
Thomas Gray. 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 ...
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... delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed , Or urge the flying ball ? 20 20 25 25 30 30 While some on earnest business bent ...
... delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ? What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed , Or urge the flying ball ? 20 20 25 25 30 30 While some on earnest business bent ...
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... 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 yoke , and pliant to the rod , Why yet does Įsia dread ...
... 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 yoke , and pliant to the rod , Why yet does Įsia dread ...
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... delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn , 30 Oft wooed the gleam of Cynthia ° silver - bright In cloisters dim , far from the haunts of Folly , With Freedom by my side , and soft - eyed Melan- choly . " IV . RECITATIVE ...
... delight ! Oft at the blush of dawn I trod your level lawn , 30 Oft wooed the gleam of Cynthia ° silver - bright In cloisters dim , far from the haunts of Folly , With Freedom by my side , and soft - eyed Melan- choly . " IV . RECITATIVE ...
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... ask , Me from my delights to sever , Me to torture , me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion , Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; 10 10 Skins may differ , but affection Dwells in white and 78 COWPER'S POEMS The Negro's Complaint.
... ask , Me from my delights to sever , Me to torture , me to task ? Fleecy locks and black complexion , Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; 10 10 Skins may differ , but affection Dwells in white and 78 COWPER'S POEMS The Negro's Complaint.
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Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cęsar 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 Cęsar 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