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... Human Life 120 Epitaph on Johnson 121 The Judgment of the Poets 122 Yardley Oak 123 To the Nightingale 130 To Mary 131 The Castaway 133 The Task 136 • The Winter Evening The Winter Morning Walk 136 164 NOTES 197 INTRODUCTION A BRIEF ...
... Human Life 120 Epitaph on Johnson 121 The Judgment of the Poets 122 Yardley Oak 123 To the Nightingale 130 To Mary 131 The Castaway 133 The Task 136 • The Winter Evening The Winter Morning Walk 136 164 NOTES 197 INTRODUCTION A BRIEF ...
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... have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day : Yet see , how all around them wait The ministers of human fate , And black Misfortune's baleful train ! 35 40 45 50 55 Ah , show them where in ambush stand , To 10 GRAY'S POEMS.
... have they of ills to come , Nor care beyond to - day : Yet see , how all around them wait The ministers of human fate , And black Misfortune's baleful train ! 35 40 45 50 55 Ah , show them where in ambush stand , To 10 GRAY'S POEMS.
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... Jove , relentless power , o 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 12 GRAY'S POEMS Hymn to Adversity.
... Jove , relentless power , o 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 12 GRAY'S POEMS Hymn to Adversity.
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... human entrails made , ) And the weights , that play below , Each a gasping warrior's head . Shafts for shuttles , dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords along . Sword , that once a monarch bore , Keep the tissue close and strong . 5 ...
... human entrails made , ) And the weights , that play below , Each a gasping warrior's head . Shafts for shuttles , dipt in gore , Shoot the trembling cords along . Sword , that once a monarch bore , Keep the tissue close and strong . 5 ...
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... human gore distilled :) 5 Hoarse he bays with hideous din , Eyes that glow , and fangs that grin ; And long pursues with fruitless yell , The father of the powerful spell . 10 Onward still his way he takes , ( The groaning earth beneath ...
... human gore distilled :) 5 Hoarse he bays with hideous din , Eyes that glow , and fangs that grin ; And long pursues with fruitless yell , The father of the powerful spell . 10 Onward still his way he takes , ( The groaning earth beneath ...
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