The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages in the University of Cambridge: With Some Account of His Life and Writings; the Whole Carefully Revised; and Illustrated by Notes, Original and Selected; to which are Annexed, Poems Written By, Addressed To, Or in Memory of Mr. Gray; Several of which Were Never Before CollectedJ. Scatcherd, 1799 - 186 páginas |
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... eye in " The Magazine of Magazines . " This * See p . 7 . + See P. 134 . + See p . 82 . This brought him acquainted with Lady Cobham , and furnished an occasion for his Long Story . THE R ich were repaid by the Poet with some.
... eye in " The Magazine of Magazines . " This * See p . 7 . + See P. 134 . + See p . 82 . This brought him acquainted with Lady Cobham , and furnished an occasion for his Long Story . THE R ich were repaid by the Poet with some.
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... eye ( d ) Such is the race of Man : nd they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . ( b ) And float amid the liquid noon . Nare per æstatem liquidam- Virgil Georg . lib . 4 . ( c ) Quick glancing to the sun ...
... eye ( d ) Such is the race of Man : nd they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . ( b ) And float amid the liquid noon . Nare per æstatem liquidam- Virgil Georg . lib . 4 . ( c ) Quick glancing to the sun ...
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... eyes , She saw ; and purr'd applause . [ 2 ] Mr. Walpole , after the death of Mr. Gray , placed the China vase En question on a pedestal at Strawberry - Hill , with the first four lines of the Ode for its inscription . ' Twas on this ...
... eyes , She saw ; and purr'd applause . [ 2 ] Mr. Walpole , after the death of Mr. Gray , placed the China vase En question on a pedestal at Strawberry - Hill , with the first four lines of the Ode for its inscription . ' Twas on this ...
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... one false step is ne'er retriev'd , And be with caution bold . Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes nd heedless hearts is lawful prize , Nor all that glisters gold . first English production of Mr. Gray that appeared in published.
... one false step is ne'er retriev'd , And be with caution bold . Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes nd heedless hearts is lawful prize , Nor all that glisters gold . first English production of Mr. Gray that appeared in published.
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... tell them they These shall the fury The vultures of the Dadainful Anger , Pa And Shame that Or pining Love sha Or Jealousy , with r That inly gnaws And Envy wan , an Grim - visag'd com And Sorrow's p kindness ' alter'd eye [ 4 ] , s the.
... tell them they These shall the fury The vultures of the Dadainful Anger , Pa And Shame that Or pining Love sha Or Jealousy , with r That inly gnaws And Envy wan , an Grim - visag'd com And Sorrow's p kindness ' alter'd eye [ 4 ] , s the.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ACERONIA Agrippina Anicetus Antrobus awake Ballder Bard Bauli beauty birds breast breathe brow Cambridge Dauphiny death divine dread Dryden's Duke of Grafton Earl earth Edward Eirin Elegy Eolian Eton College fate fear Fierce fire Fragment Gaurus genius give glory grace Gray's grove hand harmony hear Heard ye heart Heav'n honour hundred pounds imitation Joan of Acres kind King Lady Lord lyre Mason mighty Milton's mock the air mountain Muse Nero night o'er Odin Otho passion Petrarch Phlegyas Pindar pleasure Poem Poet Poetry Poppaa Prophetess Prospect of Eton reader reign ring round sable sing Sir William Williams smile solemn song soul spirit Spring stanza taste tear thee THOMAS GRAY thou thought thro throne Tibullus tremble Twas University of Cambridge vale vermil verse voice Volva Walpole weave weep woof
Passagens conhecidas
Página 80 - 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.
Página 79 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 90 - 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.
Página 83 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Página 89 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful-wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love.
Página 80 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care: No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 7 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet which enthrall?
Página 84 - Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Página 86 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, 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...
Página 85 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.