 This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 47by Thomas Gray - 1770 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Bibliography - 1757 - 636 pages
...and fmil'd. This pencil take, me faid, whofe colours clear, • Far from the fun and fummer-gale, * Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too thefe golden...Fears, Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic tears. Thefecond ' Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, « that Edward the firft, when he compleated... | |
 | Literature - 1764 - 202 pages
...the true fpirit of poetry. The conclufion of the firft part of the third ftanza is very exprefiive : Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal boy ! This can...gates of joy ; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ofi tbefacredfourte offympathetic lean f. • Particularly the ftanza beginning—Rt-vtage ! revenge... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...vernal year : Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horrour that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the facred fource...Upon the feraph-wings of Extafy, The fecrets of th' Abyl's to fpy. He pafs'd the flaming bounds of Place and Time : The living Throne, the faphire-blaze,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...vernal year : Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horrour that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the facred fource...feraph-wings of Extafy, The fecrets of th' Abyfs to fpy. •j- He pafs'd the flaming bounds of Place and * Milton. [Time : t " — — flammantia mcenia mundi."... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...fmil'd. This pencil take (flie faid) whofe colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : * Shakefpe»re. Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal boy ! This can...fecond he *, that rode fublime Upon the feraph-wings of Ecftafy, The fecrets of th' abyfs to fpy. •j- He pafs'd the flaming bounds of Place and Time : J... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 746 pages
...awful face : The dauntlefs child Stretch'd forth his little arms, and fmil'd. This pencil take (me faid) whofe colours clear Richly paint the vernal...fears, Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic tears. Gray's Ode on the Progrefs of Poefy,, Kext Shakefpeare fat, irregularly great, And in his hand a magick... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...finil'd. This pencil tr&e (me laid) whofe colours clear Richly paint the vernal yeari Thine too rtiefe golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates...; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the facrcd fonrce of fympathetic Tears. III. z. Nor fecond he f, that rode fublime Upon the feraph-wings... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 390 pages
...little arms, arid fmil'd. This pencil take (fhe.faid) whofe colours clear Richly paint the vernal year i Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal boy ! This can...Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic Tears. III. a. Nor fecond he f , that rode fublime Upon the feraph-wings of Extafy, The fecrets of th' abyfs to... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 438 pages
...re. G. Thine too thefe golden keys, immortal Bfly! » This can unlock the gates of Joy; Or Horrour that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic Tears. HI. 2. Nor fecond He % that rode fublime Upon the feraph-wings of Extafy, The fecrets of th' Abyfs... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1785 - 516 pages
...clear Richly p;.int the vernal year ; , Thine coo ir<efe golden keys, immortal boy ! 4 ii,» can uUcik the gates of joy , Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the facred fource of fympathetic tears.' Mr. Garrick's poetry is too well known to render any particular quotation neceffary : but we ought... | |
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