The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayLittle, Brown, 1853 - 223 pages |
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Page ii
... heart , the sincerity of his friend- ship , and the excellent cultivation of his mind , was worthy of his warmest attachment . The purity of taste , indeed , as well as the proficiency in litera- ture which the letters of West display ...
... heart , the sincerity of his friend- ship , and the excellent cultivation of his mind , was worthy of his warmest attachment . The purity of taste , indeed , as well as the proficiency in litera- ture which the letters of West display ...
Page xiv
... heart of Mr. Gray made his own . He did all in his power ( for he was now with him in London ) to soothe the sorrows of his friend , and try to alle- viate them by every office of the purest and most perfect affection : but his cares ...
... heart of Mr. Gray made his own . He did all in his power ( for he was now with him in London ) to soothe the sorrows of his friend , and try to alle- viate them by every office of the purest and most perfect affection : but his cares ...
Page xxi
... heart , and published it in one of his literary journals . The cardinal died while his work was unfinished , and before he could add two more books to it against the Deists . See Anecdotes par Grimm , vol . i . p . 455. The line written ...
... heart , and published it in one of his literary journals . The cardinal died while his work was unfinished , and before he could add two more books to it against the Deists . See Anecdotes par Grimm , vol . i . p . 455. The line written ...
Page xxvii
... heart at once ; it always finds some disposition of the mind favour- able to receive it , some passion which cannot resist its power , some feelings which participate in its sorrows . Much time elapses , before works of elaborate ...
... heart at once ; it always finds some disposition of the mind favour- able to receive it , some passion which cannot resist its power , some feelings which participate in its sorrows . Much time elapses , before works of elaborate ...
Page xlviii
... hearts full of esteem , respect and affection ? If you cannot come so far northward , let me at least be ac- quainted with the place of your residence , and permitted to wait on you . Forgive , sir , this re- quest : forgive me , if I ...
... hearts full of esteem , respect and affection ? If you cannot come so far northward , let me at least be ac- quainted with the place of your residence , and permitted to wait on you . Forgive , sir , this re- quest : forgive me , if I ...
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Page 100 - Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 3 - The 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 vigour born ; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly th
Page 4 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play; No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!
Page 6 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ! where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise ! ODE IV.
Page 99 - The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne ; Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 33 - You are my true and honourable wife; As dear to me, as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart.
Page 42 - But oh ! what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glittering skirts unroll ? Visions of glory, spare my aching sight ! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul ! No more our long-lost Arthur we bewail.
Page 114 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 31 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood. Robed in the sable garb of woe. With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Page xcv - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...