Thomas Gray Golden Poems

  • 1.
    'Twas on a lofty vase's side,
    Where China's gayest art had dy'd
    The azure flow'rs that blow;
    Demurest of the tabby kind,
    ...
  • 2.
    1 In vain to me the smiling Mornings shine,
    2 And reddening PhÃ…?bus lifts his golden fire;
    3 The birds in vain their amorous descant join;
    4 Or cheerful fields resume their green attire;
    ...
  • 3.
    Awake, Æolian lyre, awake,
    And give to rapture all thy trembling strings.
    From Helicon's harmonious springs
    A thousand rills their mazy progress take:
    ...
  • 4.
    “Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
    Confusion on thy banners wait!
    Tho' fanned by Conquest's crimson wing,
    They mock the air with idle state.
    ...
  • 5.
    In vain to me the smiling mornings shine,
    And redd'ning Phoebus lifts his golden fire:
    The birds in vain their amorous descant join;
    Or cheerful fields resume their green attire:
    ...
  • 6.
    'Twas on a lofty vase's side,
    Where China's gayest art had dyed
    The azure flowers that blow,
    Demurest of the tabby kind,
    ...
  • 7.
    Now the golden Morn aloft
    Waves her dew-bespangled wing,
    With vermeil cheek and whisper soft
    She wooes the tardy Spring:
    ...
Total 7 Golden Poems by Thomas Gray

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Death 12 Heart 11 Hear 9 Fate 9 Long 9 Pain 8 Joy 8 Golden 7 Pleasure 7 Warm 7

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