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He remained there for two years , when an infection of the eyes compelled him to give up his studies for a time . In 1741 he reėntered school , this time at Westminster Academy , where Vincent Bourne was a master , and Warren Hastings ...
He remained there for two years , when an infection of the eyes compelled him to give up his studies for a time . In 1741 he reėntered school , this time at Westminster Academy , where Vincent Bourne was a master , and Warren Hastings ...
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45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the ...
45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the ...
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90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
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... the honied spring , And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim , Some show their gayly - gilded trim Quick - glaneing to the sun . ° 30 35 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of ODE ON THE SPRING 7.
... the honied spring , And float amid the liquid noon : Some lightly o'er the current skim , Some show their gayly - gilded trim Quick - glaneing to the sun . ° 30 35 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of ODE ON THE SPRING 7.
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35 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day , In Fortune's varying colors drest ...
35 To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man : And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day , In Fortune's varying colors drest ...
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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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