Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
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When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes.Thomas Gray
Visions of glory, spare my aching sight Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul.
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Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
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Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
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Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own.
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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.
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