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Adam Smith says : “ Gray joins to the sublimity of Milton the elegance and harmony of Pope ; and nothing is wanting to render him , perhaps , the first poet in the English language , but to have written a little more .
Adam Smith says : “ Gray joins to the sublimity of Milton the elegance and harmony of Pope ; and nothing is wanting to render him , perhaps , the first poet in the English language , but to have written a little more .
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45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the ...
45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the ...
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15 “ This elegant rose , had I shaken it less , Might have bloomed with its owner awhile ; And the tear , that is wiped with a little address , May be followed perhaps by a smile . " 20 THE DOVESO I REASONING at every step he treads ...
15 “ This elegant rose , had I shaken it less , Might have bloomed with its owner awhile ; And the tear , that is wiped with a little address , May be followed perhaps by a smile . " 20 THE DOVESO I REASONING at every step he treads ...
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15 Ordained , perhaps , ere summer flies , Combined with millions more , To form an Iriso in the skies , Though black and foul before . 20 Illustrious drop ! and happy then Beyond the happiest lot , Of all that ever passed my pen ...
15 Ordained , perhaps , ere summer flies , Combined with millions more , To form an Iriso in the skies , Though black and foul before . 20 Illustrious drop ! and happy then Beyond the happiest lot , Of all that ever passed my pen ...
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( As who knows but perhaps it may ? ) A little nearer home . II 5 Yon roaring boys , who rave and fight On t'other side the Atlantic , I always held them in the right , But most so when most frantic . III 1 ) When lawless mobs insult ...
( As who knows but perhaps it may ? ) A little nearer home . II 5 Yon roaring boys , who rave and fight On t'other side the Atlantic , I always held them in the right , But most so when most frantic . III 1 ) When lawless mobs insult ...
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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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