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Page 107
... a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall kiss the ground , - Hark ! the Gaul is at her gates . VI " Other Romans shall arise , 5 10 15 20 Heedless of a soldier's name ; Sounds , not arms , shall win the prize , BOADICEA 107.
... a thousand states ; Soon her pride shall kiss the ground , - Hark ! the Gaul is at her gates . VI " Other Romans shall arise , 5 10 15 20 Heedless of a soldier's name ; Sounds , not arms , shall win the prize , BOADICEA 107.
Page 108
Thomas Gray. Sounds , not arms , shall win the prize , Harmony the path to fame . VII " Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land , Armed with thunder , clad with wings , Shall a wider world command . VIII " Ruffians ...
Thomas Gray. Sounds , not arms , shall win the prize , Harmony the path to fame . VII " Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land , Armed with thunder , clad with wings , Shall a wider world command . VIII " Ruffians ...
Page 119
... sound , And she may float again Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main . But Kempenfelt is gone , His victories are o'er ; 15 20 25 30 And he and his eight hundred Shall plough the wave ON THE LOSS OF THE ...
... sound , And she may float again Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main . But Kempenfelt is gone , His victories are o'er ; 15 20 25 30 And he and his eight hundred Shall plough the wave ON THE LOSS OF THE ...
Page 120
... sound ; No longer a dream I pursue ; O Happiness ! not to be found , Unattainable treasure , adieu ! I have sought thee in splendor and dress , In the regions of pleasure and taste ; I have sought thee , and seemed to possess , But have ...
... sound ; No longer a dream I pursue ; O Happiness ! not to be found , Unattainable treasure , adieu ! I have sought thee in splendor and dress , In the regions of pleasure and taste ; I have sought thee , and seemed to possess , But have ...
Page 128
... sound as the rock , A quarry of stout spurs , and knotted fangs , Which , crooked into a thousand whimsies , clasp The stubborn soil , and hold thee still erect . So stands a kingdom , whose foundation yet 120 Fails not , in virtue and ...
... sound as the rock , A quarry of stout spurs , and knotted fangs , Which , crooked into a thousand whimsies , clasp The stubborn soil , and hold thee still erect . So stands a kingdom , whose foundation yet 120 Fails not , in virtue and ...
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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