Thomas Gray Quotes

Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.

Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood Some m...

As to posterity I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea The ploughman ...

Here rests his head upon the lap of earthA youth to fortune and to fame unknown.Fair Science frowned...

Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is bo...

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Where ignorance is bliss Tis folly to be wise.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.