...wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone — We frolic, while 'tis May. ODE II. ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores, Her Henry's holy shade1 ; And ye, that from the...

...382. ed. Cler. p. 245. [See Musae Etonenses, vol. ip 229, and Brit. Bibliographer, vol. ii. p. 214.] YE distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the...glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's f holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow s Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove,...

...gold. ON A DISTANT PEOSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. Av6puirof IKXVIJ irpoQaats tie TO Svan>x e "'MENAKDEB. YE distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the...wat'ry glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her HENBT'S holy shade;' And ye, that from the stately brow Of WINDSOR'S heights th' expanse below Of grove,...

...fanciful repose. The Elegy in a Country Churchyard is perhaps faultless.* * THOMAS GEAY. From the " Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.'" Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful science still adores Her Henry's hoary shade; And ye that from the stately...

...distinguished both as a scholar and a poet. He died in 1771. Ye distant spires, ye antique tow'rs, That crown the wat'ry glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead...

...the scythe : While o'er the smooth unbounded meads Its last faint gleam the rainbow spreads. WAKTON. ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE. YE distant spires, ye antique towers, That crown the watery glade, Where grateful science still adores Her Henry's holy shade ; A nd ye that from the stately...

...ffllotcjenlidjt, ba« ©ott mit, '.Uiviii Cficn, meiiic £onn' cntliulli. THOMAS GRAY. Born 1716. f 1771. Ode. on a distant Prospect of Eton College. Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, , i That crown the wat'ry glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye,...

...inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave." On the north side were passages from the "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College :"— " Ye distant spires! ye antique towers! That crown the watery glade." " Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade! Ah, hills beloved in vain ! Where once my careless...

...their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.* ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE.* Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,' That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's5 holy shade; 1 " Between thu line and...

...bnilde and warbles there, And fairy foot-step« lightly print the ground. ОН Л DISTANT PBOSPÏCT OF ETON COLLEGE. YE distant spires, ye antique towers,...grateful science still adores Her Henry's holy shade ; And ye, that from the stately brow Of Windsor's heights th' expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead...