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
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Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault / The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
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He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.
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Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
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The war was over, ... They were defeated by the time he dropped those bombs -- I think he wanted to know whether they would work. And I think Truman was the kind of guy when he disliked you, he disliked you with a passion.
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The Attic warbler pours her throat, / Responsive to the cuckoo's note.
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The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, / The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, / The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, / And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
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Thought would destroy their paradise.