The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the AuthorC. Cooke, 1796 - 71 pages |
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... King's College , in the fame University ; a fortunate circumftance , which af- forded Gray frequent opportunities of intercourfe with his Honourable Friend . Mr. Weft went from Eton to Chrift Church , Ox- ford ; and in this , ftate of ...
... King's College , in the fame University ; a fortunate circumftance , which af- forded Gray frequent opportunities of intercourfe with his Honourable Friend . Mr. Weft went from Eton to Chrift Church , Ox- ford ; and in this , ftate of ...
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... kings , their gods , were roll'd away : As oft ' have iffu'd , hoft impelling hoft , The blue - ey'd myriads from the Baltic coaft ; The proftrate South to the destroyer yields Her boafted titles and her golden fields : With grim ...
... kings , their gods , were roll'd away : As oft ' have iffu'd , hoft impelling hoft , The blue - ey'd myriads from the Baltic coaft ; The proftrate South to the destroyer yields Her boafted titles and her golden fields : With grim ...
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... King Henry VI . founder of the College . † And bees their honey redolent of fpring . Dryden's Fable on the Pythag . Syftem . 10 15 20 25 30 While fome , on earnest bus'nefs bent , Their murm'ring 32 ODES . on a distant Prospect of Eton ...
... King Henry VI . founder of the College . † And bees their honey redolent of fpring . Dryden's Fable on the Pythag . Syftem . 10 15 20 25 30 While fome , on earnest bus'nefs bent , Their murm'ring 32 ODES . on a distant Prospect of Eton ...
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... king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing ; Quench'd in dark clouds of flumber lie The terrour of his beak and lightnings of his eye . I. 3 . Thee the voice , the dance obey , 20 25 Temper'd to thy warbled lay : O'er Idalia's velvet ...
... king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing ; Quench'd in dark clouds of flumber lie The terrour of his beak and lightnings of his eye . I. 3 . Thee the voice , the dance obey , 20 25 Temper'd to thy warbled lay : O'er Idalia's velvet ...
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... King ! Confufion on thy banners wait ; Tho ' fann'd by Conqueft's crimson wing , They mock the air with idle state . " Helm nor hauberk's † twisted mail , Nor e'en thy virtues , tyrant ! fhall avail To fave thy fecret foul from nightly ...
... King ! Confufion on thy banners wait ; Tho ' fann'd by Conqueft's crimson wing , They mock the air with idle state . " Helm nor hauberk's † twisted mail , Nor e'en thy virtues , tyrant ! fhall avail To fave thy fecret foul from nightly ...
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