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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... wild dismay , " [ marked " 2 X " ] " On a rock , whose haughty brow " [ marked " 1 X " ] " Hark how each Giant Oak & Desart Cave 5 97 57 Sigh to the Torrents awful voice beneath " ' Hark , how each giant - oak , and desert - cave ...
... wild dismay , " [ marked " 2 X " ] " On a rock , whose haughty brow " [ marked " 1 X " ] " Hark how each Giant Oak & Desart Cave 5 97 57 Sigh to the Torrents awful voice beneath " ' Hark , how each giant - oak , and desert - cave ...
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... Flies repraising the Poet Around the Springs of Gray my wild root weaves Trailer repose & Dream among my leaves . Witt . Blake OD E ΟΝ ΤΗΣ SPRING . 2 LO ! where. ODE ON THE SPRING 3 3 "With me the Muse shall sit & think 4.
... Flies repraising the Poet Around the Springs of Gray my wild root weaves Trailer repose & Dream among my leaves . Witt . Blake OD E ΟΝ ΤΗΣ SPRING . 2 LO ! where. ODE ON THE SPRING 3 3 "With me the Muse shall sit & think 4.
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... Wild wit , Invention ever - new , And lively Cheer of Vigour born ; The thoughtless day , the eafy night , The fpirits pure , the flumbers light , That fly th ' approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom , The little victims ...
... Wild wit , Invention ever - new , And lively Cheer of Vigour born ; The thoughtless day , the eafy night , The fpirits pure , the flumbers light , That fly th ' approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom , The little victims ...
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... fhall try , And hard Unkindness alter'd eye , That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorfe with blood defil'd , And moody Madness laughing wild Amid fevereft woe . E Lo , 8 60 ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT Lo , in.
... fhall try , And hard Unkindness alter'd eye , That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorfe with blood defil'd , And moody Madness laughing wild Amid fevereft woe . E Lo , 8 60 ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT Lo , in.
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