...smiling mornings shine, And redd'ning Phosbus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their am'rous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green...different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine,' And in my breast th* imperfect joys expire; Yet morning smiles the busy race...

...into Greek or Latin elegiac verses : In vain to me the smiling mornings shine And redd'ning Phœbus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amorous descant join ; The cheerful fields resume their green attire ; These ears alas for other notes repine, A different...

...lonely, dull, and friendless solitude. 131 132 THOMAS GRAY. ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD WEST. IN' vain 1o me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus...The birds in vain their amorous descant join ; Or chearful fields resume their green attire : These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different...

...GRAY. ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD WEST. IN vain to me the smiling mornings shine. And reddening Phosbus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join ; : Or chearful fields resume their green attire : . These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different...

...from almost all the poetical writings even of Milton him«>lf." He then quotes Gray's sonnet — " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart bat mine, And in my breastthe imperfect joys expire ! Yet morning smiles, the busy race...

...from almost all the poetical writings even of Milton himself." He then quotes Gray's sonnet — " ID vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening...Phoebus lifts his golden fire ; The birds in vain their amoroue descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire ; These ears, alas ! for other notes...

...sonnets written by Gray, Mr Housman only gives the following. It is ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD WEST. TN vain to me the smiling mornings shine, ' And reddening...for other notes repine, A different object do these ears require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect jays expire....

...following beautiful little sonnet: " In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phcebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous...other notes repine: A different object do these eyes requtre j My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast the imperfect joys expire ; Yet...

...structure of his own poetic diction. ' In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phtebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous...for other notes repine ; A different object do these eyet require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire...

...commemorated his affection for West, in the following Sonnet. " In vain to me the smiling morning shines, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire; The birds...different object do these eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire. Yet morning smiles the busy race...