The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence with Several Eminent Literary Characters. To which are Added, Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Volumen1 |
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and a sarcenet robe ; one sees not many people or car . riages on the road ; now
and then indeed you meet a strolling friar , a countryman with his great muff , or a
woman riding astride on a little ass , with short petticoats , and a great head ...
and a sarcenet robe ; one sees not many people or car . riages on the road ; now
and then indeed you meet a strolling friar , a countryman with his great muff , or a
woman riding astride on a little ass , with short petticoats , and a great head ...
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... it palaces and churches peeping over one another ' s heads , gardens , and
marble terrases full of orange and cypress ... we found our Lady richly dressed
out , with a crown of diamonds on her own head , another upon the child's , and a
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... it palaces and churches peeping over one another ' s heads , gardens , and
marble terrases full of orange and cypress ... we found our Lady richly dressed
out , with a crown of diamonds on her own head , another upon the child's , and a
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... or rather allegiance , which I and all here owe to our sovereign Lady and
Mistress , the President of Presidents and Head of Heads , ( if I may - be
permitted to pronounce her name , that ineffable Octogrammaton ) the power of
Laziness .
... or rather allegiance , which I and all here owe to our sovereign Lady and
Mistress , the President of Presidents and Head of Heads , ( if I may - be
permitted to pronounce her name , that ineffable Octogrammaton ) the power of
Laziness .
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Sure , you are not out of your wits ! This I know , if you suffer my head to be
printed , you will infallibly put me out of mine . I conjure you immediately to put a
stop to any such design . Who is at the expense of engraving it , I know not ; but if
it be ...
Sure , you are not out of your wits ! This I know , if you suffer my head to be
printed , you will infallibly put me out of mine . I conjure you immediately to put a
stop to any such design . Who is at the expense of engraving it , I know not ; but if
it be ...
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Mr. Gray intimates , in the foregoing letter , that he had two or three more lyrical
ideas in his head : One of these was the BARD , the exordium of which was at
this time finished ; I say finished , because his conceptions , as well as his
manner of ...
Mr. Gray intimates , in the foregoing letter , that he had two or three more lyrical
ideas in his head : One of these was the BARD , the exordium of which was at
this time finished ; I say finished , because his conceptions , as well as his
manner of ...
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Página 107 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Página 60 - Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 65 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Página 9 - 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.
Página 64 - 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.
Página 26 - Far, far aloof the affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart...
Página 31 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air, What strains of vocal transport round her play ! Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear; They breathe a soul to animate thy clay. Bright rapture calls, and soaring, as she sings, Waves in the eye of Heav'n her many-colour'd wings.
Página 8 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 89 - And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone : and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Página 16 - Aeolian 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