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Quotation by Thomas Gray
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"Elegy in a Country Churchyard"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751)Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardOde on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (written 1742, published 1747)Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton CollegeRelated Subjects
self (knowledge) love (5) art (4) truth (3) creation (3) moon (3) hope (3) artists (3) movie (3) night (3)
He saw: but blasted with excess of light,
Closed his eyes in endless night.
Closed his eyes in endless night.
Thomas Gray (1716–1771), British poet. The Progress of Poesy (l. 100–101). . .
Gray's English Poems; Original and Translated from the Norse and the Welsh [Thomas Gray]. D. C. Tovey, ed. (1922) Reprint Services.
Gray's English Poems; Original and Translated from the Norse and the Welsh [Thomas Gray]. D. C. Tovey, ed. (1922) Reprint Services.
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