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ope's Homer's Iliad . hope's Homer's Odyssey . bbope's The Rape of the lock . Representative Short Stories . Cossetti's ( Christina ) Selected Poems . Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies . Ruskin's The Crown of Wild olive and Queen of the Air .
ope's Homer's Iliad . hope's Homer's Odyssey . bbope's The Rape of the lock . Representative Short Stories . Cossetti's ( Christina ) Selected Poems . Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies . Ruskin's The Crown of Wild olive and Queen of the Air .
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... than because I had any hope in it myself . ” In 1752 Cowper took chambers in the Inner Temple . By this step he presumably became a regular student of law , although his advancement was no more rapid now than before .
... than because I had any hope in it myself . ” In 1752 Cowper took chambers in the Inner Temple . By this step he presumably became a regular student of law , although his advancement was no more rapid now than before .
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125 No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his God . ODE ON THE SPRING ° O Lo ! where the rosy - bosomed Hours ...
125 No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his God . ODE ON THE SPRING ° O Lo ! where the rosy - bosomed Hours ...
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40 45 Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed , Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ...
40 45 Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed , Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ...
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Flushed with mirth and hope they burn : But none from Cattraeth's vale return , Save Aëron brave , and Conan strong , ( Bursting through the bloody throng ) And I , the meanest of them all , That live to weep and sing their fall .
Flushed with mirth and hope they burn : But none from Cattraeth's vale return , Save Aëron brave , and Conan strong , ( Bursting through the bloody throng ) And I , the meanest of them all , That live to weep and sing their fall .
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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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