 Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain,...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 52by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 4 pages
...before, unpitied and alone.1 When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling Child, design'd, To thee he gave the heav'nly Birth, And bad to form her infant mind Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Book jackets - 1885 - 132 pages
...affright, afflict the Best! Bound in thy adamantine chain, 5 The Proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple Tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth, Virtue, his darling Child, design'd, 10 To thee he gave the heav'nly... | |
 | Thomas Young Crowell - English poetry - 1885 - 648 pages
...affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain. The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, design'd, To thee he gave the heav'nly birth,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1886 - 167 pages
...affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain, The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, design'd, Stern, rugged nurse ! thy rigid... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1891 - 148 pages
...before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling Child, designed, 10 To thee he gave the heav'nly Birth, And bad to form her infant mind. Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore ; What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1891 - 148 pages
...Bad affright, afflict the Best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The Proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple Tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling Child, designed, 10 ToTHee-ie gave the heav'nly... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1891 - 319 pages
...bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. 8 When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, designed, To thee he gave the heavenly... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893
...affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain. The proud are taught to taste nf pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling child, design'd, To thee he gave the heav'uly birth,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1894 - 179 pages
...before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling Child, design'd, 1° To thee he gave the heav'nly Birth, And bad to form her infant mind. Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English literature - 1894 - 179 pages
...affright, afflict the Best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain 5 The Proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple Tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When first thy Sire to send on earth Virtue, his darling Child, design'd, 1° To thee he gave the heav'nly... | |
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