Thomas Gray Quotes
From toil he wins his spirits light, From busy day the peaceful night; Rich, from the very want of wealth, In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.
Citations
Gray, Thomas. "Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude." The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, George Bell and Sons, 1891, p. 102.
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Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.