Thomas Gray ( 10 of 57 )
To brisk notes in cadence beating
Glance their many-twinkling feet.
To brisk notes in cadence beating
Glance their many-twinkling feet.
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea,
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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea,
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
And read their history in a nation's eyes.
And read their history in a nation's eyes.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the read more
Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best!
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repress'd their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
To warm their little loves the birds complain.
To warm their little loves the birds complain.
The still small voice of gratitude.
The still small voice of gratitude.
