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Thomas Gray
108 quotes
“The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to mis'ry (all he had) a tear, He gained from Heav'n ('t was all he wish'd) a friend.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastised by sabler tints of woe.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes. Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune; He had not the method of making a fortune.”
Thomas Gray (1716–1771) said by 1771 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source