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On a Distant Prospect of Eton College Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, That crowned the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry’s holy shade; And ye that from the stately brow Of Windsor’s heights the expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey,... Poet: Thomas Gray	The Prospect Methinks we do as fretful children do, Leaning their faces on the window-pane To sigh the glass dim with their own breath’s stain, And shut the sky and landscape from their view; And, thus, alas! since God the maker drew A mystic separation ’twixt... Poet: Elizabeth Barrett Browning	On the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America The Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame. In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of... Poet: George Berkeley	An evening prospect Come my Susan, quit your chamber, Greet the op'ning bloom of May, Let us on you hillock clamber, ... Poet:
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College Ye distant spires, ye antique towers That crown the watery glade, Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade; And ye, that from the stately brow Of... Poet:	A prospect of death Death! thou real friend of innocence, Tho' dreadful unto shivering sense, I feel my nature tottering o'er Thy gloomy waves, which loudly roar: Immense the scene, yet dark the view, Nor Reason darts her... Poet: