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The poems (1969)

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

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1 [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern]
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2 [Translation from Statius,
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3 [Lines on Beech Trees]
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4 [Translation from Tasso,
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5 [Translation from Dante,
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6 [Translation from Propertius,
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7 Agrippina, a Tragedy
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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8 [Translation] from Propertius,
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9 Ode on the Spring
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10 Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
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11 Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West]
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12 Ode to Adversity
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13 [Hymn to Ignorance.
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14 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
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15 [The Alliance of Education and Government.
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ESSAY I
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16 [Tophet]
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17 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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18 A Long Story
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19 Stanzas to Mr Bentley
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20 The Progress of Poesy.
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III.
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21 The Bard.
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II.
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III.
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22 [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude]
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23 [Epitaph on Mrs Clerke]
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24 [Epitaph on a Child]
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25 The Fatal Sisters.
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26 The Descent of Odin.
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27 The Triumphs of Owen.
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28 [The Death of Hoel]
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29 [Caradoc]
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30 [Conan]
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31 [Sketch of his Own Character]
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32 [Epitaph on Sir William Williams]
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33 Song I
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34 Song II
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35 The Candidate
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36 William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne,
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37 [Epitaph on Mrs Mason]
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38 [Parody on an Epitaph]
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39 [Invitation to Mason]
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40 On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t
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41 Ode for Music
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FRAGMENTARY AND UNDATED POEMS
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42 [Translation from Statius,
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43 [Verse Fragments]
  
Gratitude
  
(Mr Pope dead)
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44 [Impromptus]
  
[The Bishop of Chester]
  
[Here lies Edmund Keene Lord Bishop of Chester]
  
[Here lies Mrs Keene, the Bishop of Chester]
  
[Here lives Harry Vane]
  
[When you rise from your dinner as light as before]
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45 [Couplet about Birds]
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46 [Lines on Dr Robert Smith]
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47 Satire on the Heads of Houses;
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POEMS OF DOUBTFUL AUTHENTICITY
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73 The Characters of the Christ-Cross Row,
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74 Lines on the Accession of George III

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32 [Epitaph on Sir William Williams]

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Here, foremost in the dangerous paths of fame,
Young Williams fought for England's fair renown;
His mind each Muse, each Grace adorned his frame,
Nor Envy dared to view him with a frown.
At Aix uncalled his maiden sword he drew,
(There first in blood his infant glory sealed);
From fortune, pleasure, science, love, he flew,
And scorned repose when Britain took the field.
With eyes of flame and cool intrepid breast,
Victor he stood on Belle Isle's rocky steeps;
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Ah gallant youth! this marble tells the rest,
Where melancholy Friendship bends and weeps.
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