And moody madness laughing wild
Amid severest woe.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
-- On a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Stanza 8
Amid severest woe.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
-- On a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Stanza 8
Related:
- Ye distant spires, ye antique towers.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
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On a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Stanza... - They hear a voice in every wind,
And snatch a fearful joy.
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- On a Distant Prospect of... - Ah, tell them they are men!
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
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On a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Stanza... - Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play;
No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond... - Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
Less pleasing when possest;
The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of... - Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade!
Ah, fields beloved in vain!
Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger... - To each his suff'rings; all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for... - Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the poor.
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- Elegy in a Country Churchyard... - The hues of bliss more brightly glow,
Chastised by sabler tints of woe.
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- Ode on the Pleasure arising...
