What did Thomas Gray mean by: When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn’d from Bullen’s eyes. - Thomas Gray Poet · England Copy
+ From Helicon’s harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Progress, Spring, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign, And unknown regions date descry. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Adventure, Reign, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ O’er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of love. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Love, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastis’d by sabler tints of woe. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Bliss, Woe, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Eye, Heart, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Along the cool sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ One principal characteristic of vice in the present age is the contempt of fame. Explain Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023February 6, 2024, Thomas Gray, Age, Fame, Vices, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief, without the help of other argument. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Atheism, Helping, Religion, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best. - Frida Kahlo Painter · Mexico
