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... force and beauty , and never sinks below a certain level ; but among the most remark- able characteristics of his mind was an almost utter absence of creative or reproductive power , and an overpowering occupation with minutiæ . Nothing ...
... force and beauty , and never sinks below a certain level ; but among the most remark- able characteristics of his mind was an almost utter absence of creative or reproductive power , and an overpowering occupation with minutiæ . Nothing ...
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... force of Eirin ° hiding , Side by side as proudly riding , On her shadow long and gay Lochlin ploughs the watery way ; There the Norman ° sails afar Catch the winds and join the war : Black and huge along they sweep , Burdens of the ...
... force of Eirin ° hiding , Side by side as proudly riding , On her shadow long and gay Lochlin ploughs the watery way ; There the Norman ° sails afar Catch the winds and join the war : Black and huge along they sweep , Burdens of the ...
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... force ; As the whirlwind in its course ; As the thunder's fiery stroke , Glancing on the shivered oak ; Did the sword of Conan mow The crimson harvest of the foe . 25 5 10 SKETCH OF HIS OWN CHARACTER ° Too poor for a bribe , and too ...
... force ; As the whirlwind in its course ; As the thunder's fiery stroke , Glancing on the shivered oak ; Did the sword of Conan mow The crimson harvest of the foe . 25 5 10 SKETCH OF HIS OWN CHARACTER ° Too poor for a bribe , and too ...
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... of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; 15 20 20 25 25 30 35 While mutual wishes , mutual woes endear The social smile , the sympathetic tear . 40 Say , then , through ages by what fate 50 GRAY'S POEMS.
... of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; 15 20 20 25 25 30 35 While mutual wishes , mutual woes endear The social smile , the sympathetic tear . 40 Say , then , through ages by what fate 50 GRAY'S POEMS.
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... force and hardy deeds of blood prevail ; There languid pleasure sighs in every gale . Oft o'er the trembling nations from afar O Has Scythia breathed the living cloud of war ; 45 50 And , where the deluge burst , with sweepy sway Their ...
... force and hardy deeds of blood prevail ; There languid pleasure sighs in every gale . Oft o'er the trembling nations from afar O Has Scythia breathed the living cloud of war ; 45 50 And , where the deluge burst , with sweepy sway 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