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... 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 dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his ...
... 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 dread abode , ( There they alike in trembling hope repose , ) The bosom of his Father and his ...
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... tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers ...
... tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers ...
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... tear , The vultures of the mind , Disdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded ...
... tear , The vultures of the mind , Disdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded ...
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... tear . Oh ! gently on thy suppliant's head , Dread goddess , lay thy chastening hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad , Not circled with the vengeful band ° ( As by the impious thou art seen ) , With thundering voice , and threatening ...
... tear . Oh ! gently on thy suppliant's head , Dread goddess , lay thy chastening hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad , Not circled with the vengeful band ° ( As by the impious thou art seen ) , With thundering voice , and threatening ...
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... tears . " III . 2 Nor second He , that rode sublime Upon the seraph - wings of Ecstasy , The secrets of the abyss to spy . 95 He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , ° Where angels ...
... tears . " III . 2 Nor second He , that rode sublime Upon the seraph - wings of Ecstasy , The secrets of the abyss to spy . 95 He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , ° Where angels ...
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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