Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
Thomas Graywas an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge University. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 December 1716
air confusion crimson idle mock ruin ruthless seize though thy
Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! / Confusion on thy banners wait; / Though fanned by Conquest's crimson wing, / They mock the air with idle state.
air blush born desert flower full sweetness waste
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air
sky air paradise
The meanest flowret of the vale, / The simplest note that swells the gale, / The common sun, the air, and skies, / To him are opening paradise.
kings air wings
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state.
air wind sea
England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear And reign the sovereign of the conquered air.
foxes littered stunk
Owls would have hooted in St Peter's choir,/ And foxes stunk and littered in St Paul's.
arm delight foremost thy
Who foremost now delight to cleave / With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
aisle anthem note vault
Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault / The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
blush born caves dark desert flower full gem ocean purest ray sweetness waste
Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
brushing hasty meet steps sun
Brushing with hasty steps the dews away / To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
ecstasy empire living might rod
Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, / Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
drive nervous played seniors starting
We've got 10 seniors starting on the offense, and I'm the only junior, so I was a little nervous before the game. But I got comfortable after the first drive and we played well.
above beneath beyond far good limits vulgar
Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, / Beneath the good how far - but far above the great.
averse female gold heart
What female heart can gold despise? / What cat's averse to fish?