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Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy spring is goneo We frolic while ' tis May .
Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy spring is goneo We frolic while ' tis May .
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O 20 25 Say , father Thames , for thou hast seeno Full many a sprightly race , Disporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ?
O 20 25 Say , father Thames , for thou hast seeno Full many a sprightly race , Disporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ?
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5 And why , since oceans , rivers , streams , That water all the nations , Pay tribute to thy glorious beams , In constant exhalations ; 10 Why , stooping from the noon of day , Too covetous of drink , Apollo , hast thou stolen away A ...
5 And why , since oceans , rivers , streams , That water all the nations , Pay tribute to thy glorious beams , In constant exhalations ; 10 Why , stooping from the noon of day , Too covetous of drink , Apollo , hast thou stolen away A ...
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... fanning light her streamers gay ; So thou , with sails how swift ! hast reached the shore , “ Where tempests never beat nor billows roar , And thy loved consorto on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side .
... fanning light her streamers gay ; So thou , with sails how swift ! hast reached the shore , “ Where tempests never beat nor billows roar , And thy loved consorto on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side .
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IV 66 “ Rome shall perish , — write that word In the blood that she hast spilled ; Perish hopeless and abhorred , Deep in ruin as in guilt . 15 V ' Rome , for empire far renowned , Tramples on a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall ...
IV 66 “ Rome shall perish , — write that word In the blood that she hast spilled ; Perish hopeless and abhorred , Deep in ruin as in guilt . 15 V ' Rome , for empire far renowned , Tramples on a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall ...
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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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