Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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... heard , A favorite has no friend ! From hence , ye beauties , undeceived , Know , one false step is ne'er retrieved , And be with caution bold . 15 20 25 30 35 Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts 16 GRAY'S POEMS.
... heard , A favorite has no friend ! From hence , ye beauties , undeceived , Know , one false step is ne'er retrieved , And be with caution bold . 15 20 25 30 35 Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts 16 GRAY'S POEMS.
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... 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 21.
... 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 21.
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... Heard ye the din of battle bray , o Lance to lance , and horse to horse ? 80 Long years of havoc urge their destined course , 85 And through the kindred squadrons mow their way . Ye towers of Julius , London's lasting shame , With many ...
... Heard ye the din of battle bray , o Lance to lance , and horse to horse ? 80 Long years of havoc urge their destined course , 85 And through the kindred squadrons mow their way . Ye towers of Julius , London's lasting shame , With many ...
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... the cows , and lamed the deer , And sucked the eggs , and killed the pheasants . My lady heard their joint petition , Swore by her coronet and ermine , 50 She'd issue out her high commission To rid the manor 42 GRAY'S POEMS.
... the cows , and lamed the deer , And sucked the eggs , and killed the pheasants . My lady heard their joint petition , Swore by her coronet and ermine , 50 She'd issue out her high commission To rid the manor 42 GRAY'S POEMS.
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Thomas Gray. Where , safe and laughing in his sleeve , He heard the distant din of war . Short was his joy . He little knew The power of magic was no fable Out of the window , whisk , they flew , But left a spell upon the table . The ...
Thomas Gray. Where , safe and laughing in his sleeve , He heard the distant din of war . Short was his joy . He little knew The power of magic was no fable Out of the window , whisk , they flew , But left a spell upon the table . The ...
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Ęschylus Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cęsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Edward Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cęsar 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