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For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead , Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , ° by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate , 95 Haply some hoary - headed swain may say ...
For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead , Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , ° by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate , 95 Haply some hoary - headed swain may say ...
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10 When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue , his darling child , designed , To thee he gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow ...
10 When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue , his darling child , designed , To thee he gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow ...
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3 Thee the voice , the dance , obey , 25 Tempered to thy warbled lay . O'er Idalia's velvet - greeno The rosy - crowned Loveso are seen On Cytherea's dayo : With antic Sport , and blue - eyed Pleasures , 30 Frisking light in frolic ...
3 Thee the voice , the dance , obey , 25 Tempered to thy warbled lay . O'er Idalia's velvet - greeno The rosy - crowned Loveso are seen On Cytherea's dayo : With antic Sport , and blue - eyed Pleasures , 30 Frisking light in frolic ...
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Bright - eyed Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . But ah ! ' tis heard no moreo Oh ! lyre divine , what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit 110 Nor the pride ...
Bright - eyed Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . But ah ! ' tis heard no moreo Oh ! lyre divine , what daring spirit Wakes thee now ? Though he inherit 110 Nor the pride ...
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120 a THE BARDO I. 1 O O “ RUIN seize thee , ruthless King ! Confusiono on thy banners wait ; Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing , They mock the air with idle state . ° Helm , nor hauberk's twisted mail , Nor e'en thy virtues ...
120 a THE BARDO I. 1 O O “ RUIN seize thee , ruthless King ! Confusiono on thy banners wait ; Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing , They mock the air with idle state . ° Helm , nor hauberk's twisted mail , Nor e'en thy virtues ...
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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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