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... smile The short and simple annals of the poor . The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Awaits alike the inevitable hour : - The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 30 35 Nor you ...
... smile The short and simple annals of the poor . The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Awaits alike the inevitable hour : - The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 30 35 Nor you ...
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... smiles the busy race to cheer , And new - born pleasure brings to happier men : 10 The fields to all their wonted tribute bear : To warm their little loves the birds complain : I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear , And weep the ...
... smiles the busy race to cheer , And new - born pleasure brings to happier men : 10 The fields to all their wonted tribute bear : To warm their little loves the birds complain : I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear , And weep the ...
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... smile upon their baffled guest . Heard ye the din of battle bray , o Lance to lance , and horse to horse ? 80 Long years of havoc urge their destined course , 85 And through the kindred squadrons mow their way . Ye towers of Julius ...
... smile upon their baffled guest . Heard ye the din of battle bray , o Lance to lance , and horse to horse ? 80 Long years of havoc urge their destined course , 85 And through the kindred squadrons mow their way . Ye towers of Julius ...
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... smile , Flaming on the funeral pile . 70 Now my weary lips I close : Leave me , leave me to repose . ODIN Yet a while my call obey : Prophetess , awake , and say , What virgins these , in speechless woe , That bend to earth their solemn ...
... smile , Flaming on the funeral pile . 70 Now my weary lips I close : Leave me , leave me to repose . ODIN Yet a while my call obey : Prophetess , awake , and say , What virgins these , in speechless woe , That bend to earth their solemn ...
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... Smiles on past misfortune's brow Soft reflection's hand can trace ; And o'er the cheek of sorrow throw A melancholy grace ; While hope prolongs our happier hour , Or deepest shades , that dimly lower And blacken round our weary way ...
... Smiles on past misfortune's brow Soft reflection's hand can trace ; And o'er the cheek of sorrow throw A melancholy grace ; While hope prolongs our happier hour , Or deepest shades , that dimly lower And blacken round our weary way ...
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Ęschylus Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cęsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Edward Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cęsar 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