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Thomas Gray, a prominent English poet, was born on December 26, 1716, in London, and died on July 30, 1771. He is considered one of the representative figures of 18th-century English literature, known for his lyric poetry and satirical works.

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“Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry.”

Littles Adventure Limits Regions Reign Disdain Adventurer

Author:Thomas Gray

“How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great!”

Littles Proud Lows

Author:Thomas Gray

“To contemplation's sober eye, Such is the race of man; And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began, Alike the busy and the gay, But flutter through life's little day.”

Men Littles Ends Eye Race Gay Busy Contemplation Mortality Sober Creeps

Book:The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

Source: The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

“Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.”

Children Littles Play Care Today Victim Parenting Gray Alas Doom Parental If Ignorance Is Bliss

Author:Thomas Gray

“Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.”

May Littles Country Blood Fields Breasts Village Gray Tyrants Mute Milton Dauntless Cromwell

Author:Thomas Gray