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... William C. Roscoe , in Poems and Essays ; Gray and his School , by Leslie Stephen , in Hours in a Library ; Gray , by James Russell Lowell in Latest Literary Essays and Addresses ; Gray and INTRODUCTION XV Biography and Criticism.
... William C. Roscoe , in Poems and Essays ; Gray and his School , by Leslie Stephen , in Hours in a Library ; Gray , by James Russell Lowell in Latest Literary Essays and Addresses ; Gray and INTRODUCTION XV Biography and Criticism.
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... hour : - O The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 30 35 Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells ...
... hour : - O The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 30 35 Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells ...
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... THE SPRING ° Lo ! where the rosy - bosomed Hours , ° Fair Venus ' train , appear , Disclose the long - expecting flowers , And wake the purple year ! The Attic warbler ° pours her throat , Responsive to 6 GRAY'S POEMS Ode on the Spring.
... THE SPRING ° Lo ! where the rosy - bosomed Hours , ° Fair Venus ' train , appear , Disclose the long - expecting flowers , And wake the purple year ! The Attic warbler ° pours her throat , Responsive to 6 GRAY'S POEMS Ode on the Spring.
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... hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind , They hear a voice in every wind , And snatch a ...
... hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind , They hear a voice in every wind , And snatch a ...
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... O DAUGHTER of Jove , relentless power , Thou tamer of the human breast , Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain , The proud are taught 127 GRAY'S POEMS Hymn to Adversity.
... O DAUGHTER of Jove , relentless power , Thou tamer of the human breast , Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain , The proud are taught 127 GRAY'S POEMS Hymn to Adversity.
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