Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . 120 Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ...
THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . 120 Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ...
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5 Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round face , the snowy beard , The velvet of her paws , Her coat , that with the tortoise vies , Her ears of jet , and emerald eyes , She saw ; and purred applause .
5 Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round face , the snowy beard , The velvet of her paws , Her coat , that with the tortoise vies , Her ears of jet , and emerald eyes , She saw ; and purred applause .
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Fair laughs the morn , ' and soft the zephyr blows , While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes ; Youth on the prow , and Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway ...
Fair laughs the morn , ' and soft the zephyr blows , While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes ; Youth on the prow , and Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway ...
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Tis true , our master's temper natural Was fashioned fair in meek and dove - like guise ; 10 But may not honey's self be turned to gall By residence , by marriage , and sore eyeso ? If then he wreak on me his wicked will , Steal to his ...
Tis true , our master's temper natural Was fashioned fair in meek and dove - like guise ; 10 But may not honey's self be turned to gall By residence , by marriage , and sore eyeso ? If then he wreak on me his wicked will , Steal to his ...
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85 So , “ Fair and softly , " John he cried , But John he cried in vain , That trot became a gallop soon , In spite of curb and rein . 90 So stocping down , as needs he must Who 62 COWPER'S POEMS.
85 So , “ Fair and softly , " John he cried , But John he cried in vain , That trot became a gallop soon , In spite of curb and rein . 90 So stocping down , as needs he must Who 62 COWPER'S POEMS.
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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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