Source: Gray and Collins: Poetical Works
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“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College”
Source: Gray and Collins: Poetical Works
Source: An Elegy In A Country Churchyard: And Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College
Source: Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
“Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry.”
“From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.”
Source: The works of Thomas Gray (ed. by J. Mitford).
“Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.”
“As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?”
Source: The works of Thomas Gray
“Where once my careless childhood strayed, / A stranger yet to pain.”
Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith
Source: The works of Thomas Gray,: containing his poems and correspondence, with memoirs of his life and writings
“How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great!”
“Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.”
Source: The poems and letters of Thomas Gray, with memoirs of his life and writings by W. Mason
Source: The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins
“The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastis'd by sabler tints of woe.”
Source: The poetical works of Thomas Gray, etc. With a separate titlepage bearing the imprint of John Sharpe, London, dated 1805
Source: The poetical works of Thomas Gray, etc. With a separate titlepage bearing the imprint of John Sharpe, London, dated 1805
“Sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.”
Source: The Poems of Thomas Gray. With Critical Notes, a Life of the Author, and an Essay on His Poetry, by the Rev. John Mitford
“One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [With
Source: The works of Thomas Gray (ed. by J. Mitford).
“Scatter plenty o'er a smiling land.”
Source: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author
Source: The works of Thomas Gray,: containing his poems and correspondence, with memoirs of his life and writings
“Along the cool sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way.”
“Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.”
“O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of love.”
Source: The works of Thomas Gray (ed. by J. Mitford).
“Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.”
Source: The Poems of Thomas Gray. With Critical Notes, a Life of the Author, and an Essay on His Poetry, by the Rev. John Mitford
Source: Essays and Criticisms
“Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!”
Source: The poems, with critical notes, a life of the author, and an essay on his poetry, by J. Mitford