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urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.1	head	Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.2	p	Ἄνθρωπος· ἱκανὴ πρόϕασις εἰς τὸ δυστυχεῖν.
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urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.1	l	Ye distant spires, ye antique towers,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.2	l	That crown the watery glade,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.3	l	Where grateful Science still adores
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.4	l	Her Henry's<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> [<emph>Henry's</emph>.] King Henry the Sixth, Founder of the College. </note> holy Shade;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.5	l	And ye, that from the stately brow
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.6	l	Of Windsor's heights the expanse below
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.7	l	Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.8	l	Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.9	l	Wanders the hoary Thames along
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.3.10	l	His silver-winding way.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.1	l	Ah happy hills, ah pleasing shade,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.2	l	Ah fields beloved in vain,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.3	l	Where once my careless childhood strayed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.4	l	A stranger yet to pain!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.5	l	I feel the gales, that from ye blow,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.6	l	A momentary bliss bestow,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.7	l	As waving fresh their gladsome wing,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.8	l	My weary soul they seem to soothe,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.9	l	And, redolent of joy and youth,<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> <q>And bees their honey redolent of spring.</q> <bibl> <emph>Dryden's Fable on the Pythag. System.</emph> [l. 110 of Dryden's translation of Ovid, <emph>Metamorphoses</emph>, xv]</bibl> </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.4.10	l	To breathe a second spring.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.1	l	Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.2	l	Full many a sprightly race
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.3	l	Disporting on thy margent green
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.4	l	The paths of pleasure trace,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.5	l	Who foremost now delight to cleave
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.6	l	With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.7	l	The captive linnet which enthrall?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.8	l	What idle progeny succeed
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.9	l	To chase the rolling circle's speed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.5.10	l	Or urge the flying ball?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.1	l	While some on earnest business bent
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.2	l	Their murmuring labours ply
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.3	l	'Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.4	l	To sweeten liberty:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.5	l	Some bold adventurers disdain
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.6	l	The limits of their little reign,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.7	l	And unknown regions dare descry:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.8	l	Still as they run they look behind,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.9	l	They hear a voice in every wind,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.6.10	l	And snatch a fearful joy.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.1	l	Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.2	l	Less pleasing when possessed;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.3	l	The tear forgot as soon as shed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.4	l	The sunshine of the breast:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.5	l	Theirs buxom health of rosy hue,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.6	l	Wild wit, invention ever-new,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.7	l	And lively cheer of vigour born;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.8	l	The thoughtless day, the easy night,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.9	l	The spirits pure, the slumbers light,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.7.10	l	That fly the approach of morn.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.1	l	Alas, regardless of their doom,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.2	l	The little victims play!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.3	l	No sense have they of ills to come,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.4	l	Nor care beyond today:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.5	l	Yet see how all around 'em wait
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.6	l	The ministers of human fate,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.7	l	And black Misfortune's baleful train!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.8	l	Ah, show them where in ambush stand
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.9	l	To seize their prey the murtherous band!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.8.10	l	Ah, tell them, they are men!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.1	l	These shall the fury Passions tear,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.2	l	The vultures of the mind,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.3	l	Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.4	l	And Shame that skulks behind;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.5	l	Or pining Love shall waste their youth,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.6	l	Or Jealousy with rankling tooth,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.7	l	That inly gnaws the secret heart,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.8	l	And Envy wan, and faded Care,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.9	l	Grim-visaged comfortless Despair,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.9.10	l	And Sorrow's piercing dart.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.1	l	Ambition this shall tempt to rise,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.2	l	Then whirl the wretch from high,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.3	l	To bitter Scorn a sacrifice,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.4	l	And grinning Infamy.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.5	l	The stings of Falsehood those shall try,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.6	l	And hard Unkindness' altered eye,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.7	l	That mocks the tear it forced to flow;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.8	l	And keen Remorse with blood defiled,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.9	l	And moody Madness laughing wild<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> <q>— [And] Madness laughing in his ireful mood.</q> <bibl> <emph>Dryden's Fable of Palamon and Arcite.</emph> [ii. 582]</bibl> </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.10.10	l	Amid severest woe.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.1	l	Lo, in the vale of years beneath
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.2	l	A grisly troop are seen,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.3	l	The painful family of Death,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.4	l	More hideous than their Queen:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.5	l	This racks the joints, this fires the veins,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.6	l	That every labouring sinew strains,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.7	l	Those in the deeper vitals rage:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.8	l	Lo, Poverty, to fill the band,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.9	l	That numbs the soul with icy hand,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.11.10	l	And slow-consuming Age.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.1	l	To each his sufferings: all are men,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.2	l	Condemned alike to groan;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.3	l	The tender for another's pain,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.4	l	The unfeeling for his own.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.5	l	Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.6	l	Since sorrow never comes too late,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.7	l	And happiness too swiftly flies.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.8	l	Thought would destroy their paradise.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.9	l	No more; where ignorance is bliss,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.OdeonaDistantProspectofEtonCollege.English.1716_odec:1.12.10	l	'Tis folly to be wise.