Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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Far from the maddingo crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . 75 Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail ...
Far from the maddingo crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learned to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . 75 Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect Some frail ...
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The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first , and then a claw , With many an ardent wish , She stretched , in vain , to reach the prize . What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse to fish ?
The hapless nymph with wonder saw : A whisker first , and then a claw , With many an ardent wish , She stretched , in vain , to reach the prize . What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse to fish ?
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Alas , who would not wish to please her ! ܘ ܕܙ 35 O With bonnet blue and capuchine , o And aprons long , they hid their armor ; And veiled their weapons , bright and keen , In pity to the country farmer .
Alas , who would not wish to please her ! ܘ ܕܙ 35 O With bonnet blue and capuchine , o And aprons long , they hid their armor ; And veiled their weapons , bright and keen , In pity to the country farmer .
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... Their judgment mends the plan their fancy draws , The event presages , and explores the cause ; The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; While mutual wishes , mutual woes endear ...
... Their judgment mends the plan their fancy draws , The event presages , and explores the cause ; The soft returns of gratitude they know , By fraud elude , by force repel the foe ; While mutual wishes , mutual woes endear ...
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If foreigners likewise would give up the trade , Much more in behalf of your wish might be said ; But , while they get riches by purchasing blacks , 15 Pray tell me why we may not also go snacks ? Your scruples and arguments bring to my ...
If foreigners likewise would give up the trade , Much more in behalf of your wish might be said ; But , while they get riches by purchasing blacks , 15 Pray tell me why we may not also go snacks ? Your scruples and arguments bring to my ...
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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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