Gray's Poems, Ed with Intr and Notes by J Bradshaw
by Thomas Gray
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217218047
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Thy Joys no glittering female meets, No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets, No painted plumage to display; On hasty wings thy youth is flown; Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone? We frolic, while 'tis May. 50 II. ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES. 'TwAs on a lofty vase's side, Where China's gayest art had dyed The azure flowers, that blow; Demurest of the tabby kind, The pensive Selima, reclined, Gazed on the lake below. Her conscious tail her joy declared; The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, 10 Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purred applause. Still had she gazed; but 'midst the tide Two angel forms were seen to glide, The Genii of the stream; Their scaly armour's Tyrian hue Thro' richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam. The hapless Nymph with wonder saw; A whisker first and then a claw, 20 With many an ardent wish, chapter{{Section 4ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT. She stretched in vain to reach the prize. What female heart can gold despise ? What Cat's averse to fish? / Presumptuous Maid with looks intent Again she stretched, again she bent, Nor knew the gulf between. (Malignant Fate sat by, and smiled) The slipp'ry verge her feet beguiled, She tumbled headlong in. 30 Eight times emerging from the flood She mewed to ev'ry watry God, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirred; Nor cruel Tom., nor Siisan heard. A Fav'rite has no friend From hence, ye Beauties, undeceived, Know, one false step is ne'er retrieved, And be with caution bold. Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes 40 And heedless hearts is lawful prize, Nor al...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217218047 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217218040 |
| Weight | 0.58 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.40 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 172 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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