...attire. These ears, ulas! for other notes repine ; S\ V~A different object do these eyeg require?^ >y* "My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; £* - And in my breast the imperfect joys exjiire; Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The...

...fire. The birds in vain their amorous descant join Or cheerful fields resume their green attire; These ears, alas! for other notes repine: A different object...cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain; fruitiest...

...; The birda in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, — A different...anguish melts no heart but mine, And in my breast th' imperfect joys expire. Yet morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasures bring...

...fire; The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object...anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast th' imperfect joys expire. Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasures bring...

...birds in vain their amorous descant join j^— Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. If. These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, •""" A different object do these eyes require : fy My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ;/%. And in my breast the imperfect joys expire. ^ Yet...

...lines which either precede or follow, in the position of the words. " A different object do tliesc eyes require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joyt expire." But were it otherwise, what would this prove, but a truth, of which no man ever doubted...

...resume their green attire. These ears, alas 1 for other notes repine ; A different objeet do thcse ege* require ; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfeet joys expire. Yet moruiag smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-lxiru pleasure brings to...

...fire; The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire. These ears, alas! for other notes repine, A different object...cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain: I fruitless...

...prose even more widely, than the lines which either precede or follow, in the position of the words. A different object do these eyes require; My lonely...mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire. But were it otherwise, what would this prove, but a truth, of which no man ever doubted? Videlicet,...

...regularity. The sonnet consists of three units, two of six lines each flanking the central distich: "My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; / And in my breast the imperfect joys expire." This stasis is the outward evidence of Gray's declared emotional paralysis; the sonnet is constructed...