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"[Conan]"


1 Conan's name, my lay, rehearse,
2 Build to him the lofty verse,
3 Sacred tribute of the bard,
4 Verse, the hero's sole reward.
5 As the flame's devouring force;
6 As the whirlwind in its course;
7 As the thunder's fiery stroke,
8 Glancing on the shivered oak;
9 Did the sword of Conan mow
10 The crimson harvest of the foe.

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1 Conan's name, my lay, rehearse, 1 Explanatory

1.5 rehearse,] "Cf. "repeat their Chiefs and [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.

"Cf. "repeat their Chiefs and Loves." "Progress of Poesy," 60."

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, p. 262.

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2 Build to him the lofty verse, 1 Explanatory

2.1-6 Build ... verse,] "The expression is from "Lycidas":— [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.

"The expression is from "Lycidas":—

                                            "He knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme."—10, 11.
And before Milton we have it in Horace and Spenser:—
"Seu condis amabile carmen."—Epistola, I. iii. 25.

"To build with level of my lofty style."—Ruins of Rome, 2."

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, p. 262.

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3 Sacred tribute of the bard,
4 Verse, the hero's sole reward.
5 As the flame's devouring force;
6 As the whirlwind in its course;
7 As the thunder's fiery stroke,
8 Glancing on the shivered oak; 1 Explanatory

8.4 shivered] "shattered by lightning." J. Bradshaw, 1891.

"shattered by lightning."

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, p. 262.

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9 Did the sword of Conan mow
10 The crimson harvest of the foe. 1 Explanatory

10.2 crimson] "See the "Fatal Sisters," 36, [...]" J. Bradshaw, 1891.

"See the "Fatal Sisters," 36, and "Triumphs of Owen," 29."

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891, p. 262.

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  • The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an introduction, life, notes and a bibliography by John Bradshaw. The Aldine edition of the British poets series. London: George Bell and sons, 1891.

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