The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the Author |
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... nor at the wood , was he : " The next , with dirges due , in fad array , " Slow thro ' the churchway - path we faw him borne : " Approach , and read ( for thou canft read ) the lay " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon ' aged thorn .
... nor at the wood , was he : " The next , with dirges due , in fad array , " Slow thro ' the churchway - path we faw him borne : " Approach , and read ( for thou canft read ) the lay " Grav'd on the stone beneath yon ' aged thorn .
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Bard beauties beneath bleft bluſhing bofom breaſt breath Caernarvonshire charms courſe death defire Delia deſpair dreft ELEGY Eolian ETON COLLEGE ev'ry eyes facred fafe fame fcorn fecret feems feen fhade fhall figh filent fing firft firſt fkies fleep flow'rs fmile foft folemn fome fong foon foothe forrow foul fpirit friendſhip ftill ftrains fubject fublime fuch fweet golden grace Gray guife hand Hauberk heart Heav'n Henry VI himſelf inſpire King laft loft Lord Lord Bute lover lyre Mafon maid Margaret of Anjou mind moſt Mufe ne'er numbers o'er ODIN paffion pain Petrarch Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetry pow'r pride reafon reft rofe ſeems ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe Sifters ſpare ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſuch tear thee thefe theſe THOMAS GRAY thoſe thou thro Walpole weakneſs weep Weft whofe youth
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| Pealkiri | The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the Author |
| Autor | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | R. Chapman, 1798 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 1 dets. 2006 |
| Length | 83 pages |
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