The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayBenjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, & Robert Johnson, 1804 - 207 Seiten |
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... means enable him to pro- secute the study of the law , without becoming bur- densome to his mother and aunt . These two sisters had for many years carried on a trade separate from that of Mrs. Gray's husbandt ; by which having ac ...
... means enable him to pro- secute the study of the law , without becoming bur- densome to his mother and aunt . These two sisters had for many years carried on a trade separate from that of Mrs. Gray's husbandt ; by which having ac ...
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... means calculated to please the generality of readers , especially upon a slight ac- " quaintance . — That , spirit of lyrical inspiration " which they breathe ; that divine glow of pathos , " which at the same time melts and inflames ...
... means calculated to please the generality of readers , especially upon a slight ac- " quaintance . — That , spirit of lyrical inspiration " which they breathe ; that divine glow of pathos , " which at the same time melts and inflames ...
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... means able to satisfy himself with the ver- ses he wrote . The professorship of modern languages and histo- ry , in the University of Cambridge , becoming vacant in 1762 , through the death of Mr. Turner , Mr. Gray was spirited up by ...
... means able to satisfy himself with the ver- ses he wrote . The professorship of modern languages and histo- ry , in the University of Cambridge , becoming vacant in 1762 , through the death of Mr. Turner , Mr. Gray was spirited up by ...
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... road leads no- ' where ; sixthly , he was reckoned a fine writer , and seems always to mean more than he said . Would ' you have any more reasons ? An interval of above ' forty years has pretty well destroyed the charm . xxviii.
... road leads no- ' where ; sixthly , he was reckoned a fine writer , and seems always to mean more than he said . Would ' you have any more reasons ? An interval of above ' forty years has pretty well destroyed the charm . xxviii.
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... mean witticism : " Gray ( says he ) has " made weavers of slaughtered bards . They are " then called upon to weave the warp , and weave " the woof , ' perhaps with no great propriety ; for it " is by crossing the woof with the warp that ...
... mean witticism : " Gray ( says he ) has " made weavers of slaughtered bards . They are " then called upon to weave the warp , and weave " the woof , ' perhaps with no great propriety ; for it " is by crossing the woof with the warp that ...
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ACERONIA Æolian Agrippina Anicetus Bard beautiful beneath breast breathe brow Cambria's Cambridge charms climes College Country Church-Yard death dread Duke of Grafton Earl Edward Eirin Elegy Eton College fame Fancy fate fear fire flowers gale genius glow golden grace Gray Gray's hand harmony hear heart Heav'n honour Johnson King Lord Lord Bute lyre Margaret of Anjou Mason Milton's mother Muse ne'er Nero numbers o'er ODIN Otho pain passion Pembroke Hall Peterhouse Petrarch Pindar PINDARIC ODE pleasure Poem Poet Poet's poetry Poppaa pride PROPHETESS Queen race reign round sable says scene Scythia shade sigh sing sister smile soft soft returns solemn song sorrow soul spirit stanza strains sublime sweet taste tear thee THOMAS GRAY thou thought thro trembling Twas University of Cambridge vale verse voice Walpole warblings weave weep wild wing youth
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Seite 120 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love.
Seite 117 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Seite 34 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly Shall end where they began. Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro...
Seite 119 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Seite 113 - Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Seite 39 - Gainst graver hours that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Seite 44 - 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, 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 heavenly birth And bade to form her infant mind.
Seite 48 - Awake, ^Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take : The laughing flowers that round them blow Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong. Thro
Seite 66 - The winding-sheet of Edward's race : Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year and mark the night When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death thro...
Seite 67 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.