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Thomas Gray Quotes (125 quotes)
 | “E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our Ashes live their wonted Fires.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| Source/Notes: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| “One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree: Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| “Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth. And Melancholy marked him for her own.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: The Epitaph, St. 1. - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| “Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('twas all he wished) a friend.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: The Epitaph, St. 2. - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| “No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: The Epitaph, St. 3. - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| “No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: The Epitaph. - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750) |
| “Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait, Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: I, 1, Line 1. - The Bard (1757) |
| Source/Notes: I, 2, line 5. - The Bard (1757) |
| Source/Notes: I, 2, line 14. - The Bard (1757) |
| “Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes; Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: I, 3, line 12. - The Bard (1757) |
| “Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room and verge enough, The Characters of hell to trace.” ―Thomas Gray Source/Notes: II, 1, Line 1. - The Bard (1757) |
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Thomas Gray
Born: December 26, 1716
Died: June 30, 1771 (aged 54)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Poet, historian
Bio: Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.
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