“Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.”
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An Elegy In A Country Churchyard: And Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College
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Thomas Gray
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. more
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