Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete TextsCourier Corporation, 2013 M12 31 - 128 pages At the dawn of the 19th century, Blake created this imaginative series of 116 watercolors to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray. Including such popular poems as "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" and "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat," these rarely exhibited treasures remained exclusively in the hands of collectors for close to 175 years. This is the first inexpensive, full-color reproduction, with the complete text of the poems. |
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... eyes of the world , since the series was not printed in Blake's life- time , nor in any other form made available to the public . That is , not until they were acquired in the late 1960s by Paul Mellon ( an Associate of the Blake Trust ) ...
... eyes of the world , since the series was not printed in Blake's life- time , nor in any other form made available to the public . That is , not until they were acquired in the late 1960s by Paul Mellon ( an Associate of the Blake Trust ) ...
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... of the Tabby kind " [ List of titles ] " The pensive Selima Her Ears of Jet & Emrald Eyes She saw & purr'd applause " " The pensive Selima reclin'd , " V 48 8 3 49 9 Titles and lines illustrated " Still had she gazd but.
... of the Tabby kind " [ List of titles ] " The pensive Selima Her Ears of Jet & Emrald Eyes She saw & purr'd applause " " The pensive Selima reclin'd , " V 48 8 3 49 9 Titles and lines illustrated " Still had she gazd but.
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... eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muses ray " Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray , " 10 10 90 90 50 11 91 51 A Muse . [ 12 ] 22 92 52 124 [ List of titles for " The Bard " ] THE BARD . A PINDARIC ODE 1 93 53 A Welch Bard ...
... eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muses ray " Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray , " 10 10 90 90 50 11 91 51 A Muse . [ 12 ] 22 92 52 124 [ List of titles for " The Bard " ] THE BARD . A PINDARIC ODE 1 93 53 A Welch Bard ...
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... eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft : 4 Brush'd by the hand of rough ...
... eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the bufy and the gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft : 4 Brush'd by the hand of rough ...
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... eyes , She faw ; and purr'd applaufe . + Still had the gaz'd ; but ' midft the tide Two angel forms were feen to glide , The Genii of the stream : Their fcaly armour's Tyrian hue , Thro ' richest purple to the view Betray'd a golden ...
... eyes , She faw ; and purr'd applaufe . + Still had the gaz'd ; but ' midft the tide Two angel forms were feen to glide , The Genii of the stream : Their fcaly armour's Tyrian hue , Thro ' richest purple to the view Betray'd a golden ...
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