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... sound : Till the sad Nine , in Greece's evil hour , 70 75 80 Left their Parnassus for the Latian plains . Alike they scorn the pomp of tyrant Power , And coward Vice , that revels in her chains . When Latium had her lofty spirit lost ...
... sound : Till the sad Nine , in Greece's evil hour , 70 75 80 Left their Parnassus for the Latian plains . Alike they scorn the pomp of tyrant Power , And coward Vice , that revels in her chains . When Latium had her lofty spirit lost ...
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... sounds that o'er the crested pride Of the first Edward scattered wild dismay , As down the steep of Snowdon's shaggy side He wound with toilsome march his long array . Stout Glo'ster stood aghast in speechless trance : " To arms ...
... sounds that o'er the crested pride Of the first Edward scattered wild dismay , As down the steep of Snowdon's shaggy side He wound with toilsome march his long array . Stout Glo'ster stood aghast in speechless trance : " To arms ...
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Thomas Gray. Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breathed a sullen sound . 25 PROPHETESS What call unknown , what charms presume To break the quiet of the tomb ? Who thus afflicts my troubled sprite , And drags me from the realms of ...
Thomas Gray. Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breathed a sullen sound . 25 PROPHETESS What call unknown , what charms presume To break the quiet of the tomb ? Who thus afflicts my troubled sprite , And drags me from the realms of ...
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... sound , and pacing forth 35 With solemn steps and slow , High potentates , and dames of royal birth , ° And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward , with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn , 40 And sad Chatillon ...
... sound , and pacing forth 35 With solemn steps and slow , High potentates , and dames of royal birth , ° And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward , with the lilies on his brow From haughty Gallia torn , 40 And sad Chatillon ...
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... sound . Each bottle had a curling ear , Through which the belt he drew , And hung a bottle on each side , To make his balance true . Then over all , that he might be Equipped from top to toe , 65 70 His long red cloak , well brushed and ...
... sound . Each bottle had a curling ear , Through which the belt he drew , And hung a bottle on each side , To make his balance true . Then over all , that he might be Equipped from top to toe , 65 70 His long red cloak , well brushed and ...
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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