Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
- Thomas Gray
Thoughts, Poetry, Burn, Breathe
Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.
- Thomas Gray
Smile, Reason, Smiles, Charms
Visions of glory, spare my aching sight.
- Thomas Gray
Sight, Glory, Visions, Aching
'Tis folly to be wise.
- Thomas Gray
Wise, Folly, Tis
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
- Thomas Gray
Glory, Lead, Grave, Paths
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.
- Thomas Gray
Play, No Sense, Doom, Victims
He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.
- Thomas Gray
Misery, Had, Gave, Tear
And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
- Thomas Gray
More, Vain, Because, Weep
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
- Thomas Gray
Proud, Fortune, Making, Bribe
If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
- Thomas Gray
Best, Over, Forehead, Draw
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.
- Thomas Gray
Changes, Fate, Genius, Commerce
I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
- Thomas Gray
Shall, Author, Shrimp
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