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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... Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature & The Hours suckling their Flowery 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 ...
... Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature & The Hours suckling their Flowery 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 ...
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... Purple tyrant vainly groans " 3 77 " And purple tyrants vainly groan " " Stern rugged Nurse " 4 78 Virtue Nursd in the Lap of Adversity " To thee he gave the heavenly birth , ” जुळे चै नै पै 76 36 37 38 5 79 39 " In thy Gordon ...
... Purple tyrant vainly groans " 3 77 " And purple tyrants vainly groan " " Stern rugged Nurse " 4 78 Virtue Nursd in the Lap of Adversity " To thee he gave the heavenly birth , ” जुळे चै नै पै 76 36 37 38 5 79 39 " In thy Gordon ...
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... purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat , Refponfive to the cuckow's note , The untaught harmony of fpring : While , whifp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling . D ...
... purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat , Refponfive to the cuckow's note , The untaught harmony of fpring : While , whifp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling . D ...
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... purple to the view Betray'd a golden gleam . The haplefs nymph with wonder faw : A whisker firft , and then a claw , With many an ardent wish , She stretch'd , in vain , to reach the prize . What female heart can gold defpife ? What ...
... purple to the view Betray'd a golden gleam . The haplefs nymph with wonder faw : A whisker firft , and then a claw , With many an ardent wish , She stretch'd , in vain , to reach the prize . What female heart can gold defpife ? What ...
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