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" (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 191
1876
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The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...They sought, 0 Albion ! next thy sea-encircled coast. in. — i. 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 his...
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The works of Virgil, closely rendered into Engl. rhythm and ..., Volume 1

Publius Vergilius Maro - 1855 - 474 pages
...v. 8, 40. Line 95. So Gray makes Nature address Shakspeare : " What time, where lucid Avon stray' d, To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face : the dauntless child ' Stretch'd forth his little arms and smil'd : ' This pencil take,' she said, ' whose colours clear...
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The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...lost, They sought, 0 Albion ! next thy sea-encircled coast. in — i. 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 his...
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The Land We Live in: The Midland counties and the East coast of England

England - 1856 - 586 pages
...sceptre, dropping blood." f The well-known lines of Gray are among his happiest efforts : — " Par 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 his...
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English Literature: With Illustrations from Poetry and Prose

Geraldine Emma Hodgson - English literature - 1923 - 328 pages
...Latium had her lofty spirit lost, They sought, O Albion ! next thy sea-encircled coast. III.— i. Far from the sun and summer gale, In thy green lap was...and smiled, " This pencil take " (she said) " whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year; Thine too these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock...
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The Writing and Reading of Verse

Clarence Edward Andrews - Literature - 1923 - 360 pages
...and summer-gale, In thy green lap was Nature's6 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 his little arms, and smiled. This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly...
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A Book of British and American Verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...spirit lost, They sought, O Albion ! next thy sea-encircled coast. 8a 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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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 pages
...lost, They sought, oh Albion ! next thy sea-encircled coast. III. 1. 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 aweful face : The dauntless Child Stretch'd forth...
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The Copeland Reader

Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1746 pages
...lost, They sought, oh, Albion! next thy seaencircled coast. III. I 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 his...
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English Prose and Poetry

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...summer-gale, In thy6 green lap was Nature's Darling7 laid, What time, where lucid Avon stray'd, 85 with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wane Stretch'd forth his little arms, and smiled. This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly...
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