Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way - Thomas Gray Quotes
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way Thomas Gray
 

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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. - Thomas Gray Quotes

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.

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The Attic warbler pours her throat, / Responsive to the cuckoo's note. - Thomas Gray Quotes

The Attic warbler pours her throat, / Responsive to the cuckoo's note.

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Owls would have hooted in St Peter's choir,/ And foxes stunk and littered in St Paul's. - Thomas Gray Quotes

Owls would have hooted in St Peter's choir,/ And foxes stunk and littered in St Paul's.

Thomas Gray

 
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. - Thomas Gray Quotes

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Thomas Gray

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Can storied urn or animated bust / Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? / Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? - Thomas Gray Quotes

Can storied urn or animated bust / Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? / Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?

Thomas Gray

 
He passed the flaming bounds of space and time: / The living throne, the sapphire-blaze, / Where angels tremble while they gaze, / He saw; but blasted with excess of light, / Closed his eyes in endless night. - Thomas Gray Quotes

He passed the flaming bounds of space and time: / The living throne, the sapphire-blaze, / Where angels tremble while they gaze, / He saw; but blasted with excess of light, / Closed his eyes in endless night.

Thomas Gray

 Angels
What female heart can gold despise? / What cat's averse to fish? - Thomas Gray Quotes

What female heart can gold despise? / What cat's averse to fish?

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 Gold
Who foremost now delight to cleave / With pliant arm thy glassy wave? - Thomas Gray Quotes

Who foremost now delight to cleave / With pliant arm thy glassy wave?

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Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast / The little tyrant of his fields withstood;/ Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, / Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. - Thomas Gray Quotes

Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast / The little tyrant of his fields withstood;/ Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, / Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.

Thomas Gray

 Breast
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet. The still small voice of gratitude. - Thomas Gray Quotes

Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet. The still small voice of gratitude.

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