(she said), ' whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. England and Wales - Page 1911876Full view - About this book
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...sceptre, dropping blood." t The well-known lines of Gray are among his happiest efforts : — " Far from the sun and summer gale, In thy green lap was...Nature's Darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray 'd, To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face : the dauntless child Stretch'd forth... | |
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