 Man's feeble race what ills await ! . Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint, my song, disprove, And justify the laws of Jove.  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 61by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Sovereign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs. Enchanting shell! (I. 13-15) 26 e of a fadinp . Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train. And Death, sad refuge from the storms of Fate! (1. 42^*4) 27 Her... | |
 | Ernst A. Schmidt - Authors and readers - 1996 - 500 pages
...her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love. 11 Strophe Man's feeble race what ills await. Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, 45 And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate! The fond complaint,... | |
 | William Blake - Art - 2000 - 132 pages
...With arms fublime, that float upon the air, In gilding flare fhe wins her eafy way : O'er ?j\\v II. i. Man's feeble race what ills await ! Labour, and Penury,...Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, fad refuge from the ftormsof Fate! The fond complaint, my fong, dilprove, And juftify the laws of Jove. Say, has he given... | |
 | Robert L. Mack - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 768 pages
...the reader to consider both the potential and the actual role of music and 'poesy' in human society: Man's feeble race what ills await, Labour, and penury, the racks of pain, Disease, and sorrow's weeping train, And death, sad refuge from the storms of fate! The fond complaint,... | |
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