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, 1. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1807 |
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... tion of some lines from Statius P. 134 LETTER 3. From Mr. WEST , -Approbation of the version.— Ridicule on the Cambridge Collection of Verses on the mar- riage of the Prince of Wales P. 138 Preface of the Editor to the subsequent letter ...
... tion of some lines from Statius P. 134 LETTER 3. From Mr. WEST , -Approbation of the version.— Ridicule on the Cambridge Collection of Verses on the mar- riage of the Prince of Wales P. 138 Preface of the Editor to the subsequent letter ...
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... tion there , and commendation of the monastery P. 201 LETTER 9. To his FATHER . - Geneva . - Advantage of a free government exhibited in the very look of the people . - Beauty of the lake , and plenty of its fish LETTER 10. To his ...
... tion there , and commendation of the monastery P. 201 LETTER 9. To his FATHER . - Geneva . - Advantage of a free government exhibited in the very look of the people . - Beauty of the lake , and plenty of its fish LETTER 10. To his ...
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... . His works are still preserved , and his memory held in high venera- tion among his Countrymen . + Shakespeare . + Milton . § The succession of Poets after Milton's time . The different doom our Fates assign . Be thine Despair 31.
... . His works are still preserved , and his memory held in high venera- tion among his Countrymen . + Shakespeare . + Milton . § The succession of Poets after Milton's time . The different doom our Fates assign . Be thine Despair 31.
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... tion , modestly calls " a weak imitation of some incomparable " lines in the first Pythian of Pindar ; " but if they are compared with Mr. Gilbert West's translation of the above lines , ( though far from a bad one ) their superior ...
... tion , modestly calls " a weak imitation of some incomparable " lines in the first Pythian of Pindar ; " but if they are compared with Mr. Gilbert West's translation of the above lines , ( though far from a bad one ) their superior ...
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... tion which precedes it concerning the birth of Shakespeare ; and therefore would be equally admissible , had it not the peculiar misfortune to encounter a fact too well known : on this account the judgment revolts against it . Milton ...
... tion which precedes it concerning the birth of Shakespeare ; and therefore would be equally admissible , had it not the peculiar misfortune to encounter a fact too well known : on this account the judgment revolts against it . Milton ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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