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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Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace.Thomas Gray
Visions of glory, spare my aching sight Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul.
Thomas Gray
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.
Thomas Gray
Glance their many-twinkling feet.
Thomas Gray
The gen'rous spark extinct revive,
Teach me to love and to forgive,
Exact my own defects to scan,
What others are, to feel, and know myself a Man.
Thomas Gray
Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame.
Thomas Gray
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