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Page xiii
... lines , and very harsh they are , which are to be found in his poetry , were evidently left because he preferred to sacrifice the melody to the expression . The greatness of his reputation , contrasted with the small extent of the ...
... lines , and very harsh they are , which are to be found in his poetry , were evidently left because he preferred to sacrifice the melody to the expression . The greatness of his reputation , contrasted with the small extent of the ...
Page xix
... Lines on the Receipt of my Mother's Picture , " " To Mary , " and " The Castaway . " In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his con- tribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of ...
... Lines on the Receipt of my Mother's Picture , " " To Mary , " and " The Castaway . " In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his con- tribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of ...
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... lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely contemplation led , O Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate , - Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , “ Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps ...
... lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely contemplation led , O Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate , - Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , “ Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps ...
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... line . II . 1 " Weave the warp , and weave the woof , ° The winding - sheet of Edward's race . Give ample room , and verge enough The characters of hell to trace . Mark the year , and mark the night , When Severn shall reëcho with ...
... line . II . 1 " Weave the warp , and weave the woof , ° The winding - sheet of Edward's race . Give ample room , and verge enough The characters of hell to trace . Mark the year , and mark the night , When Severn shall reëcho with ...
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... their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames , and statesmen old In bearded majesty , appear . In the midst a form divine ° ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton - line ° ; 115 O Her lion - port , her awe - commanding 26 GRAY'S POEMS.
... their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames , and statesmen old In bearded majesty , appear . In the midst a form divine ° ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton - line ° ; 115 O Her lion - port , her awe - commanding 26 GRAY'S POEMS.
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Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cæsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden golden reign grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cæsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote