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Thomas Gray

Born: January 01, 1970

Nationality: English

Occupation: Poet, historian

Biography: Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.

Thomas Gray

“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)

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Thomas Gray

“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)

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Thomas Gray

“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)

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Thomas Gray

“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)

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Thomas Gray

“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)

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Thomas Gray

“To high-born Hoel's harp, or soft Llewellyn's lay.”

- Thomas Gray

Source/Notes: I, 2, line 14. - The Bard (1757)

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Thomas Gray

“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)

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Thomas Gray

“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

“Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey.”

- Thomas Gray

Source/Notes: II, 2, Line 9. - The Bard (1757)

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Thomas Gray

“Ye towers of Julius, London's lasting shame, With many a foul and midnight murder fed.”

- Thomas Gray

Source/Notes: II, 3, line 11. - The Bard (1757)

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