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... of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers light , , That fly the approach of morn .
... of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers light , , That fly the approach of morn .
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20 Light they disperse , and with them go The summer friend , the flattering foe ; By vain Prosperity received , To her they vow their truth , and are again believed . 25 Wisdom in sable garb arrayed , Immersed in rapturous thought ...
20 Light they disperse , and with them go The summer friend , the flattering foe ; By vain Prosperity received , To her they vow their truth , and are again believed . 25 Wisdom in sable garb arrayed , Immersed in rapturous thought ...
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O'er Idalia's velvet - greeno The rosy - crowned Loveso are seen On Cytherea's dayo : With antic Sport , and blue - eyed Pleasures , 30 Frisking light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet ...
O'er Idalia's velvet - greeno The rosy - crowned Loveso are seen On Cytherea's dayo : With antic Sport , and blue - eyed Pleasures , 30 Frisking light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet ...
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He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , o Where angels tremble while they gaze , He saw ; but , blasted with excess of light , Closed his eyes in endless night .
He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , o Where angels tremble while they gaze , He saw ; but , blasted with excess of light , Closed his eyes in endless night .
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... as the light that visits these sad eyes , 35 O 40 O Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart THE BARD 23 The Bard.
... as the light that visits these sad eyes , 35 O 40 O Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart THE BARD 23 The Bard.
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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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