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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... painful family of Death " The painful family of Death , " Where Ignorance is bliss Tis folly to be wise " No more where ignorance is bliss , " Boys playing at Top . [ List of titles for " A Long Story " } vi 9 61 10 62 21 217 22 22 A ...
... painful family of Death " The painful family of Death , " Where Ignorance is bliss Tis folly to be wise " No more where ignorance is bliss , " Boys playing at Top . [ List of titles for " A Long Story " } vi 9 61 10 62 21 217 22 22 A ...
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... Wind Ambition this shall tempt to r Then where the writch from high & Design 8. So in the Vale of fears beneath The painful family of Death 9. When Ignorance is ble Sie folly to be wire و 10 Boys playing at Top- LONG A STORY . E 3.
... Wind Ambition this shall tempt to r Then where the writch from high & Design 8. So in the Vale of fears beneath The painful family of Death 9. When Ignorance is ble Sie folly to be wire و 10 Boys playing at Top- LONG A STORY . E 3.
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... pain ! I feel , the gales that from ye blow , A momentary blifs bestow , As waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary foul they feem to footh , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . Say , Father THAMES , for ...
... pain ! I feel , the gales that from ye blow , A momentary blifs bestow , As waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary foul they feem to footh , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . Say , Father THAMES , for ...
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... painful family of Death , More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints , this fires the veins , That every ... pain ; Th ' unfeeling for his own . Yet , ah ! why should they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late ...
... painful family of Death , More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints , this fires the veins , That every ... pain ; Th ' unfeeling for his own . Yet , ah ! why should they know their fate ! Since forrow never comes too late ...
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