The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and Writings. The Whole Carefully Revised; and Illustrated by Notes. To which are Annexed, Poems Addressed To, and in Memory Of, Mr. Gray; ...C. Whittingham, 1800 - 223 pages |
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... Italy ; and his letters , which were published by Mr. Mason , contain a pleasing account of many parts of their journey , enlivened with such glowing descriptions and observations as might be naturally expected from such a genius on ...
... Italy ; and his letters , which were published by Mr. Mason , contain a pleasing account of many parts of their journey , enlivened with such glowing descriptions and observations as might be naturally expected from such a genius on ...
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... Italy , he had made a selection . Vocal music he chiefly preferred . The harp- sichord was his favourite instrument ; but though far from remarkable for a finished execution , yet he accommodated his voice so judiciously to his playing ...
... Italy , he had made a selection . Vocal music he chiefly preferred . The harp- sichord was his favourite instrument ; but though far from remarkable for a finished execution , yet he accommodated his voice so judiciously to his playing ...
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... Italian and French . The other part he himself prepared to execute ; but though the pro- fessorship was instituted in 1724 , none of his pre- decessors had furnished a plan . Embarrassed by this and other difficulties , and retarded by ...
... Italian and French . The other part he himself prepared to execute ; but though the pro- fessorship was instituted in 1724 , none of his pre- decessors had furnished a plan . Embarrassed by this and other difficulties , and retarded by ...
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... Italy ; and was a great antiquarian . Criticism , metaphysics , morals , and politics , made a principal part of his plan of study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusement : and he had a fine taste in painting ...
... Italy ; and was a great antiquarian . Criticism , metaphysics , morals , and politics , made a principal part of his plan of study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusement : and he had a fine taste in painting ...
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... Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante or of Petrarch . The Earl of Surry and Sir Thomas Wyatt had travelled in Italy , and formed their taste there . Spenser imitated the Italian ...
... Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unacquainted with the writings of Dante or of Petrarch . The Earl of Surry and Sir Thomas Wyatt had travelled in Italy , and formed their taste there . Spenser imitated the Italian ...
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Page 88 - 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. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure.
Page 92 - Th' applause of listening 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, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Page 93 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Page 11 - 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?
Page 95 - 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...
Page 28 - This pencil take (she said), whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy ; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Page 89 - 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. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 89 - 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.
Page 21 - Aeolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take: The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales and Ceres...
Page 13 - Alas! regardless of their doom The little victims play ! No sense have they of ills to come Nor care beyond to-day: Yet see how all around 'em wait The ministers of human fate And black Misfortune's baleful train!