Thomas Gray Pleasure Poems

  • 1.
    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;
    ...
  • 2.
    Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
    The winding-sheet of Edward's race.
    Give ample room, and verge enough
    The characters of hell to trace.
    ...
  • 3.
    “Ruin seize thee, ruthless King!
    Confusion on thy banners wait!
    Tho' fanned by Conquest's crimson wing,
    They mock the air with idle state.
    ...
  • 4.
    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:
    ...
  • 5.
    Lo! where the rosy-bosomed Hours,
    Fair Venus' train, appear,
    Disclose the long-expecting flowers,
    And wake the purple year!
    ...
  • 6.
    Now the golden Morn aloft
    Waves her dew-bespangled wing,
    With vermeil cheek and whisper soft
    She wooes the tardy Spring:
    ...
  • 7.
    Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
    That crown the watery glade,
    Where grateful Science still adores
    Her Henry's holy shade;
    ...
Total 7 Pleasure Poems by Thomas Gray

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