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Sweet is the breath of vernal...

Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of gratitude.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

And moody madness laughing wi...

And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Far from the madding crowd's ...

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Can storied urn, or animated ...

Can storied urn, or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death?

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Some bold adventurers disdain...

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

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Some village Hampden, that wi...

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.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Men will believe anything at ...

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Commerce changes entirely the...

Commerce changes entirely the fate and genius of nations, by communicating arts and opinions, circulating money, and introducing the materials of luxury; she first opens and polishes the mind, then corrupts and enervates both that and the body.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Full many a gem of purest ray...

Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

One principal characteristic ...

One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

A fav'rite has no friend! ...

A fav'rite has no friend!

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

The different steps and degre...

The different steps and degrees of education may be compared to the artificer's operations upon marble; it is one thing to dig it out of the quarry, and another to square it, to give it gloss and lustre, call forth every beautiful spot and vein, shape it into a column, or animate it into a statue.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Fair laughs the morn, and sof...

Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly rising o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm.

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To contemplation's sober eye,...

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.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

Now as the Paradisiacal pleas...

Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crebillon.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

To each his suff'rings: all a...

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

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O'er her warm cheek, and risi...

O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move
The bloom of young Desire and purple light of love.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

In the evening, I walked alon...

In the evening, I walked alone down to the Lake by the side of Crow Park after sunset and saw the solemn coloring of night draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hilltops, the seep serene of the asters, and the long shadows of the mountains thrown across them, till they nearly touched the hithermost shore. At distance hear the murmur of many waterfalls not audible in the day-time. Wished for the moon, but she was dark to me and silent, hid in her vacant interlunar cave.

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

But knowledge to their eyes h...

But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.

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As to posterity, I may ask wh...

As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?

Thomas Gray 156 quotes

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