The Poetical Works of Thomas GrayBenjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, & Robert Johnson, 1804 - 207 pages |
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... says Dr. Johnson , " are easily dissolved . " At Rheggio a disagreement arose between Gray and Mr. Walpole ... say , that a lasting reconciliation took place about three years after the dispute . The contention , however , was at ...
... says Dr. Johnson , " are easily dissolved . " At Rheggio a disagreement arose between Gray and Mr. Walpole ... say , that a lasting reconciliation took place about three years after the dispute . The contention , however , was at ...
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Thomas Gray. i the more just remarks of Mr. Gilbert Wakefield , who says of Mr. Gray's Pindaric Odes , that " They " have a much greater resemblance to the Odes of " the Theban bard than any thing of the kind in our " own , and probably ...
Thomas Gray. i the more just remarks of Mr. Gilbert Wakefield , who says of Mr. Gray's Pindaric Odes , that " They " have a much greater resemblance to the Odes of " the Theban bard than any thing of the kind in our " own , and probably ...
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... say you cannot conceive how Lord Shaftes- ' bury came to be a philosopher in vogue ; I will tell ' you : first , he was a lord ; secondly , he was as vain ' as any of his readers ; thirdly , men are very prone to believe what they do ...
... say you cannot conceive how Lord Shaftes- ' bury came to be a philosopher in vogue ; I will tell ' you : first , he was a lord ; secondly , he was as vain ' as any of his readers ; thirdly , men are very prone to believe what they do ...
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... Say , Father THAMES , for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ...
... Say , Father THAMES , for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthral ...
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... says , the hint of the Poem was first taken from " O Diva , gratum quć Regis Antium ; " but Gray has excelled his original by the variety of his sentiments , and by their moral application . " this piece , " adds the rigid Censor , " at ...
... says , the hint of the Poem was first taken from " O Diva , gratum quć Regis Antium ; " but Gray has excelled his original by the variety of his sentiments , and by their moral application . " this piece , " adds the rigid Censor , " at ...
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Page 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.
Page 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?
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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
Page 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...
Page 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.