Quotes by : Thomas Gray

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

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

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

Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

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

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

Where ignorance is bliss Tis folly to be wise.

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

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