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" See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening... "
The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence with ... - Page 107
by Thomas Gray - 1807
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

Early English newspapers - 1819 - 780 pages
...revives to a keener relish of its blessings after a temporary privation of health : The meanest flowret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale,...sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise. It cannot be denied that in the sensation here indicated there is happiness, and though it may be regarded...
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The Tourist's New Guide: Containing a Description of the Lakes ..., Volume 1

William Green (of Ambleside.) - Lake District (England) - 1819 - 524 pages
...the contemplation of uncont animated nature. If to him who has known sickness — as Gray sings— " The meanest floweret of the vale. The simplest note...swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, • • are opening paradise." How exquisite the treat which a valetudinarian must experience, while...
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Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...tints of woe ; And blended form, with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life. See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length...sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise. Humble Quiet builds her cell, Near the source whence Pleasure flows ; She eyes the clear *crystalline...
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Poetry for Children: Consisting of Short Pieces to be Committed to Memory

Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...breeze, Or cottage chimney smoking thro' the trees. WHITE. RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. SEE the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length...vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 6

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1820 - 594 pages
...his earliest and most precious years, is thus introduced at last Co a new heaven and a new earth: ' The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note...gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are op'ning Paradise.' — p. 509. We now take leave of this valuable work, which has renewed and extended...
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Addresses

Jesse Appleton - 1820 - 220 pages
...life, as they indicate the care and agency of a friend, omniscient and almighty. " The meanest flow'ret of the vale, The simplest note, that swells the gale,...the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise." So far, as you either oppose, or neglect religion, you are at warfare with reason, with moral feelings,...
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Tales of Fancy: Country neighbors, or, the secret. 1820

Sarah Harriet Burney - 1820 - 444 pages
...sensations at this moment bear a most remarkable affinity : 252 TALES OF FANCY. ' See the wretch, who long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length...his vigour lost, And breathe, and walk again ; The simplest note that swells the gale, The meanest flow'ret in the vale, The common sun, the air, the...
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Tales of Fancy, Volume 2

Sarah Harriet Burney - 1820 - 450 pages
...circumstances and sensations at this moment bear a most remarkable affinity : ' See the wretch, who long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length...repair his vigour lost, And breathe, and walk again j The simplest note that swells the gale, The meanest flow'ret in the vale, The common sun, the air,...
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The Poems of Thomas Gray: Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of ...

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...blended form, with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life. See the wretch, that long has toss'd On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour...sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise. Humble quiet builds her cell, Near the source whence pleasure flows ; She eyes the clear crystalline...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...blended form, with artful strife, The strength and harmony of life. See the wreteh, that long has toss'd On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour...sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise. Humble quiet builds her cell, Near the source whence pleasure flows ; She eyes the clear crystalline...
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