Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete TextsCourier Corporation, 31. dets 2013 - 128 pages At the dawn of the 19th century, Blake created this imaginative series of 116 watercolors to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray. Including such popular poems as "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" and "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat," these rarely exhibited treasures remained exclusively in the hands of collectors for close to 175 years. This is the first inexpensive, full-color reproduction, with the complete text of the poems. |
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... Infants " And wake the purple year ! " Ms. no . ( Blake ) Page no . ( Gray ) Design no . ( in sequence ) [ 1 ] [ precedes 1 ] 1 2 [ precedes 1 ] 2 ODE ON THE SPRING 3 43 3 " With me the Muse shall sit & think 4 44 4 At ease reclind in ...
... Infants " And wake the purple year ! " Ms. no . ( Blake ) Page no . ( Gray ) Design no . ( in sequence ) [ 1 ] [ precedes 1 ] 1 2 [ precedes 1 ] 2 ODE ON THE SPRING 3 43 3 " With me the Muse shall sit & think 4 44 4 At ease reclind in ...
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... Infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muses ray " Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray , " 10 10 90 90 50 11 91 51 A Muse . [ 12 ] 22 92 52 124 [ List of titles for " The Bard " ] THE BARD . A PINDARIC ODE 1 93 53 A ...
... Infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muses ray " Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray , " 10 10 90 90 50 11 91 51 A Muse . [ 12 ] 22 92 52 124 [ List of titles for " The Bard " ] THE BARD . A PINDARIC ODE 1 93 53 A ...
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... infant image here below Sits smiling on a Fathers woe " Her infant image , here below , " [ 2 ] 146 104 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH - YARD The author writing 1 147 105 [ Title page ] Contemplation among Tombs 2 148 106 [ List of ...
... infant image here below Sits smiling on a Fathers woe " Her infant image , here below , " [ 2 ] 146 104 ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH - YARD The author writing 1 147 105 [ Title page ] Contemplation among Tombs 2 148 106 [ List of ...
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... Infants 4 " W . me the Muse snail wit & think At case rectisid in suitic . Shate 5. " Brushed by the hand of rough . Michae Or child by Age Summer Flies repraising the Poet Around the Springs of Gray my wild root weaves Trailer repose ...
... Infants 4 " W . me the Muse snail wit & think At case rectisid in suitic . Shate 5. " Brushed by the hand of rough . Michae Or child by Age Summer Flies repraising the Poet Around the Springs of Gray my wild root weaves Trailer repose ...
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