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... pictured urn Thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . ° 110 But ah ! ' tis heard no more ° Oh ! lyre divine , what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride , nor ample pinion , That the THE PROGRESS OF POESY 271.
... pictured urn Thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . ° 110 But ah ! ' tis heard no more ° Oh ! lyre divine , what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit Nor the pride , nor ample pinion , That the THE PROGRESS OF POESY 271.
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... fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames , and statesmen old In bearded majesty , appear . In the midst a form divine ° ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton - line ° ; 115 O Her lion - port , her awe - commanding 26 GRAY'S POEMS.
... fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames , and statesmen old In bearded majesty , appear . In the midst a form divine ° ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton - line ° ; 115 O Her lion - port , her awe - commanding 26 GRAY'S POEMS.
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... No boding maid 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.
... No boding maid 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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... divine . Not but the human fabric from the birth Imbibes a flavor of its parent earth : As various tracts enforce a various toil , The manners speak the idiom of their soil . An iron - race the mountain cliffs maintain , Foes to the ...
... divine . Not but the human fabric from the birth Imbibes a flavor of its parent earth : As various tracts enforce a various toil , The manners speak the idiom of their soil . An iron - race the mountain cliffs maintain , Foes to the ...
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... divine , The few , whom genius gave to shine 15 Through every unborn age , and undiscovered clime . Rapt in celestial transport they : Yet thither oft a glance from high They send of tender sympathy To bless the place , where on their ...
... divine , The few , whom genius gave to shine 15 Through every unborn age , and undiscovered clime . Rapt in celestial transport they : Yet thither oft a glance from high They send of tender sympathy To bless the place , where on their ...
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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