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... soul . Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness on the desert air . 55 Some village Hampden , that , with dauntless breast , The ...
... soul . Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness on the desert air . 55 Some village Hampden , that , with dauntless breast , The ...
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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 ? 85 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some 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 ? 85 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some 4 GRAY'S POEMS.
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Thomas Gray. 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'en in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored ...
Thomas Gray. 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'en in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored ...
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... soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery ( all he had ) a tear , 120 He gained from heaven ( ' twas all he wished ) a friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their ...
... soul sincere , Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to misery ( all he had ) a tear , 120 He gained from heaven ( ' twas all he wished ) a friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose , Or draw his frailties from their ...
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... soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . Say , father Thames , for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race , Disporting on thy margent green , 10 15 20 The paths of pleasure trace ; Who ...
... soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . Say , father Thames , for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race , Disporting on thy margent green , 10 15 20 The paths of pleasure trace ; Who ...
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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