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, 2. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. Walker; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; J. Murray and J. Booker, 1807 |
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Page 186
... valley has already lost all its beauties . Is Joy then so fleeting ? 66 66 Hail to thy living light Ambrosial Morn ------ That bids each dewy - spangled flow'ret rise , And dart around its vermil dies ------ Unfolds the scene of glory ...
... valley has already lost all its beauties . Is Joy then so fleeting ? 66 66 Hail to thy living light Ambrosial Morn ------ That bids each dewy - spangled flow'ret rise , And dart around its vermil dies ------ Unfolds the scene of glory ...
Page 202
... Valley ) which winds about from Stonchaven on the east coast of Kincardineshire , ob- liquely , as far as Stirling , near 100 miles in length , and from seven to ten miles in breadth , cultivated every where to the foot of the hills ...
... Valley ) which winds about from Stonchaven on the east coast of Kincardineshire , ob- liquely , as far as Stirling , near 100 miles in length , and from seven to ten miles in breadth , cultivated every where to the foot of the hills ...
Page 204
... the west , the same valley ( not plain , but broken , unequal ground ) runs on for above 20 miles in view : there I see the crags above Dunkeld ; there Beni - Gloe and Beni- More rise above the clouds ; and there is that 204.
... the west , the same valley ( not plain , but broken , unequal ground ) runs on for above 20 miles in view : there I see the crags above Dunkeld ; there Beni - Gloe and Beni- More rise above the clouds ; and there is that 204.
Page 206
... valley sheltered from all winds , thro ' which it runs murmuring among great stones ; on one hand the ground gently rises into a hill , on the other are the rocky banks of the rivulet almost perpendicular , yet covered with sycamore ...
... valley sheltered from all winds , thro ' which it runs murmuring among great stones ; on one hand the ground gently rises into a hill , on the other are the rocky banks of the rivulet almost perpendicular , yet covered with sycamore ...
Page 207
... valley , whose deep blue waters and green margin , with a gentleman's house or two seated on them in little groves , contrasted with the black desert in which they were inchased . The ground now grew unequal ; the hills , more rocky ...
... valley , whose deep blue waters and green margin , with a gentleman's house or two seated on them in little groves , contrasted with the black desert in which they were inchased . The ground now grew unequal ; the hills , more rocky ...
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