Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn. - Thomas Gray

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Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

Thomas Gray

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About Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771) was an English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University.

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Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast.

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

And hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast and calm repose.