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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SKETCH OF HIS OWN CHARACTER, by THOMAS GRAY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune Last Line: But left church and state to charles townshend and squire. Variant Title(s): Gray On Himself 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES WRITTEN IN A CITY COMPOSING-ROOM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE DESCENT OF TIMOTHY by JAMES HAY BEATTIE THOMAS GRAY by ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON WITH ILLUSTRATION TO GRAY'S POEMS by WILLIAM BLAKE ON GRAY'S ELEGY by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB ODE - 'ON A DISTANT PROSPECT' OF MAKING A FORTUNE by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE BEADLE'S ANNUAL ADDRESS by THOMAS HOOD IF GRAY HAD HAD TO WRITE HIS ELEGY IN CEMETERY OF SPOON RIVER ... by JOHN COLLINGS SQUIRE |
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