Thomas Gray

1716-1771 / English
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Elegy Written In A Country ChurchyardThe curfew tolls the knell of parting day, / The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea, / The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
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Hymn To AdversityDaughter of Jove, relentless Power, / Thou tamer of the human breast, / Whose iron scourge and tort’ring hour
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Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton CollegeYe distant spires, ye antique towers, / That crown the watery glade, / Where grateful Science still adores
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Ode On The Pleasure Arising From VicissitudeNow the golden Morn aloft / Waves her dew-bespangled wing, / With vermeil cheek and whisper soft
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Ode On The SpringLo! where the rosy-bosomed Hours, / Fair Venus’ train, appear, / Disclose the long-expecting flowers,
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On The Death Of A Favourite Cat, Drowned In A Tub Of Gold Fishes’Twas on a lofty vase’s side, / Where China’s gayest art had dyed / The azure flowers that blow,
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Sonnet On The Death Of Mr Richard WestIn vain to me the smiling mornings shine, / And redd’ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire: / The birds in vain their amorous descant join;
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The Bard“Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! / Confusion on thy banners wait! / Tho’ fanned by Conquest’s crimson wing,
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The Curse Upon EdwardWeave the warp, and weave the woof, / The winding-sheet of Edward’s race. / Give ample room, and verge enough
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The Progress of PoesyAwake, Æolian lyre, awake, / And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. / From Helicon’s harmonious springs
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