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Thomas Gray

Geburtstag: 26. Dezember 1716
Todesdatum: 30. Juli 1771
Andere Namen:توماس غراي,توماس قری

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Thomas Gray war ein englischer Dichter, Gelehrter und Briefe-Schreiber.

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„Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife“

— Thomas Gray
Context: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. St. 19

„Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.“

— Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard
St. 14

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„[... ] where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.“

— Thomas Gray

„Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.“

— Thomas Gray, Selected Poems
Context: Hark, his hands the lyre explore! Bright-eyed Fancy hovering o'er Scatters from her pictured urn Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. III. 3, Line 2

„The paths of glory lead but to the grave.“

— Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

„But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page
Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll;
Chill Penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.“

— Thomas Gray
St. 13

„Behind the steps that Misery treads
Approaching Comfort view:
The hues of bliss more brightly glow
Chastised by sabler tints of woe,
And blended form, with artful strife,
The strength and harmony of life.“

— Thomas Gray
Line 35

„Rich windows that exclude the light,
And passages that lead to nothing.“

— Thomas Gray
A Long Story; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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„Now my weary lips I close;
Leave me, leave me to repose!“

— Thomas Gray
[http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=dooo Descent of Odin], Line 71 (1761)

„Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear;
They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.
Bright Rapture calls, and soaring, as she sings,
Waves in the eye of Heav'n her many-colour'd wings.“

— Thomas Gray
III. 2. lines 121-124

„The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.“

— Thomas Gray
St. 1

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„Her track, where'er the goddess roves,
Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame,
Th' unconquerable mind, 3 and freedom's holy flame.“

— Thomas Gray
II. 2, Line 10

„To each his suff'rings: all are men,
Condemn'd alike to groan,
The tender for another's pain;
Th' unfeeling for his own.
Yet ah! why should they know their fate?
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies.
Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.“

— Thomas Gray
St. 10

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