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SKETCH OF HIS OWN CHARACTER by THOMAS GRAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: TOO POOR FOR A BRIBE, AND TOO PROUD TO IMPORTUNE
Last Line: BUT LEFT CHURCH AND STATE TO CHARLES TOWNSHEND AND SQUIRE.
Subject(s): CHARACTER; GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771);
(AND FOUND IN ONE OF HIS POCKET-BOOKS)

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune:
Could love, and could hate, so was thought somewhat odd;
No very great wit, he believed in a God:
A place or a pension he did not desire,
But left church and state to Charles Townshend and Squire.



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