The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence, with Memoirs of His Life and Writings, Volumen 1Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1825 - 2 páginas |
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... Cambridge . To the care of this uncle , and to the hard - earned fruits of his mother's unassisted in- dustry , was the future poet indebted for that in- struction , which gave at once scope and energy to the powers of his exalted mind ...
... Cambridge . To the care of this uncle , and to the hard - earned fruits of his mother's unassisted in- dustry , was the future poet indebted for that in- struction , which gave at once scope and energy to the powers of his exalted mind ...
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... Cambridge have indeed shown themselves anxious , since the period alluded to , to improve their several systems , and the former especially , as she had , per- haps , deeper errors to eradicate , has undergone a more complete ...
... Cambridge have indeed shown themselves anxious , since the period alluded to , to improve their several systems , and the former especially , as she had , per- haps , deeper errors to eradicate , has undergone a more complete ...
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... Cambridge little can be ascertained , except that he did not choose the course usually followed ; and yet few , who are able to form a judgment of his powers of application , will be disposed to take him at his word , when he playfully ...
... Cambridge little can be ascertained , except that he did not choose the course usually followed ; and yet few , who are able to form a judgment of his powers of application , will be disposed to take him at his word , when he playfully ...
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... Cambridge , about six months after his friend had removed from Christ Church to the Inner Temple : and the in- terval , until March in the following year , he spent at his father's house in Cornhill , intending also to enter on the ...
... Cambridge , about six months after his friend had removed from Christ Church to the Inner Temple : and the in- terval , until March in the following year , he spent at his father's house in Cornhill , intending also to enter on the ...
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... Cambridge , to take his Bachelor's degree in Civil Law . But the narrowness of his circumstances was not the only thing that distressed him at this period . He had , as we have seen , lost the friendship of Mr. Walpole abroad : he had ...
... Cambridge , to take his Bachelor's degree in Civil Law . But the narrowness of his circumstances was not the only thing that distressed him at this period . He had , as we have seen , lost the friendship of Mr. Walpole abroad : he had ...
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Página 116 - Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Página 126 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own.
Página 124 - 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.
Página 38 - 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.
Página 125 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came : nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next, with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne, — Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 115 - 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. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 47 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Página 43 - Through the azure deep of air : Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray, With orient hues unborrow'd of the sun ; Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the Good how far — but far above the Great ! § SA.
Página 126 - TO fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove, But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Página 62 - He spoke, and headlong from the mountain's height Deep in the roaring tide he plunged to endless night.