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... Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; 50 Chill penury repressed their noble rage , o And froze the genial current of the soul .
... Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; 50 Chill penury repressed their noble rage , o And froze the genial current of the soul .
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... to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day , Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? 90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , 4 GRAY'S POEMS.
... to dumb forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resigned , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day , Nor cast one longing lingering look behind ? 90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , 4 GRAY'S POEMS.
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90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
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120 Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery ( all he had ) a tear , He gained from heaven ( ' twas all he wished ) a friend . 125 No farther seek his merits to disclose ...
120 Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery ( all he had ) a tear , He gained from heaven ( ' twas all he wished ) a friend . 125 No farther seek his merits to disclose ...
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I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow , As , waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . O 20 25 Say , father Thames ...
I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow , As , waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . O 20 25 Say , father Thames ...
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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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