Thomas Gray
British poet
Lived from: 1716 - 1771
Category: Poets (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 26 december 1716 Died: 30 july 1771
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Alas! regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.
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A favorite has no friend!
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
and waste its sweetness on the desert air.Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , St. 14― Thomas Gray -
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
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Any fool may write a most valuable book by change, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.
Sketch of his own character― Thomas Gray -
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.
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Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
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The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
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Thought would destroy their paradise.
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Where ignorance is bliss, 't is folly to be wise.
Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College― Thomas Gray -
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
― Thomas Gray
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