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Poems of Places: England and Wales - Page 239
edited by - 1877
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Poems by Mr. Gray

Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...Care, Grim-vifag'd comfortlefs Defpair, And Sorrow's piercing Jut. Ambition this fhall tempt to rife, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a Sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The ftings of Falfhood thofe fhall try, And hard Unkindnefs' alter'd eye, That mocks the -tear it forc'd...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...secret heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye [4], That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorse with blood defil'd, And moody...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...tooth, That inly gnaws the secret heart; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye [4], That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow; And keen Remorse with blood defil'd, And moody...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...secret heart ; And Envy wap, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter 'd eye [4], That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; [4] And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye. The...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...secret heart! And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-viuag'd, comfortless Dsspair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. •> Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to How; And keen Remorse, with blood defil'd, And m3ody...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...secret heart, And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl...of falsehood those shall try. And hard unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen remorse, with blood defil'd ; And moody...
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Cicero's epistles to Atticus, with notes, tr by W. Guthrie, Volume 1

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1806 - 402 pages
...well illustrates sorni Jines in our admired Mr. Gray, Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then hurl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy. JJJ, fco unaccustomed to insults, should yield to the impulses of grief and revenge. What will become...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd, comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Amhition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To hitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness'...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl...Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning infamy. The stings of Falshood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow;...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 pages
...Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. i/iiX,:- '- '-11 '-I'™ ., . ' Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn/ a sacrifice, '. ,' -.'*' t ', t ..,.'' And grinning infamy. The stings of falsehood those shall try', And hard Unkindness'...
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