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"Glance their many-twinkling feet."
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Thomas Gray"But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did neer unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul."
Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1
"Glance their many-twinkling feet."
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"Long time to see. (VS: Tapion)"
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