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The change proved a beneficial one , for although the poet was again attacked by insanity in 1773 , he was in the midst of sympathetic friends whose kind treatment soon restored him . He and Newton became close associates , and together ...
The change proved a beneficial one , for although the poet was again attacked by insanity in 1773 , he was in the midst of sympathetic friends whose kind treatment soon restored him . He and Newton became close associates , and together ...
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... the humble as well as the high , he influenced a wider circle than any poet who went before him ; and by inspiring a feeling of intimacy , a kind of domestic confidence in his readers , he made his works household words . -W . B. 0.
... the humble as well as the high , he influenced a wider circle than any poet who went before him ; and by inspiring a feeling of intimacy , a kind of domestic confidence in his readers , he made his works household words . -W . B. 0.
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40 45 Methinks I hear , in accents low , The sportive kind reply : Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary flyo ! Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On ...
40 45 Methinks I hear , in accents low , The sportive kind reply : Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary flyo ! Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On ...
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ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES o ' Twas on a lofty vase's side , o Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow ; Demurest of the tabbyo kind , The pensive Selima , reclined , Gazed ...
ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVORITE CAT DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES o ' Twas on a lofty vase's side , o Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers that blow ; Demurest of the tabbyo kind , The pensive Selima , reclined , Gazed ...
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30 The other amazono kind heaven Had armed with spirit , wit , and satire ; But Cobhamo had the polish given , And tipped her arrows with good - nature . To celebrate her eyes , her air Coarse panegyrics would but tease her ; Melissa is ...
30 The other amazono kind heaven Had armed with spirit , wit , and satire ; But Cobhamo had the polish given , And tipped her arrows with good - nature . To celebrate her eyes , her air Coarse panegyrics would but tease her ; Melissa is ...
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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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