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> [In the evening, I walked alone down to the Lake by the side of Crow Park after sunset and saw the solemn coloring of night draw on, the last gleam of sunshine fading away on the hilltops, the seep serene…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/in-the-evening-i-walked-alone-down-to-the-lake-by-the-side-of-crow/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

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## More by Thomas Gray

> [There are certain scenes that would awe an atheist into belief without the help of any other argument.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/there-are-certain-scenes-that-would-awe-an-atheist-into-belief/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [What female heart can gold despise? What cat 's averse to fish?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/what-female-heart-can-gold-despise-what-cat-s-averse-to-fish/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/far-from-the-madding-crowd-s-ignoble-strife-their-sober-wishes-never/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/sweet-is-the-breath-of-vernal-shower-the-bee-s-collected-treasure/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Sorrow's faded form, and solitude behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/sorrow-s-faded-form-and-solitude-behind/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/he-gave-to-misery-all-he-had-a-tear/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [And weep the more, because I weep in vain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/and-weep-the-more-because-i-weep-in-vain/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/where-ignorance-is-bliss-tis-folly-to-be-wise-ode-on-a-distant/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour: The paths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/the-boast-of-heraldry-the-pomp-of-pow-r-and-all-that-beauty-all-that/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/men-will-believe-anything-at-all-provided-they-are-under-no/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/e-en-from-the-tomb-the-voice-of-nature-cries-e-en-in-our-ashes-live/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [How low, how little are the proud, How indigent the great!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/how-low-how-little-are-the-proud-how-indigent-the-great/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly rising o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/fair-laughs-the-morn-and-soft-the-zephyr-blows-while-proudly-rising-o/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed, Less pleasing when possest; The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/gay-hope-is-theirs-by-fancy-fed-less-pleasing-when-possest-the-tear/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

> [Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-gray/her-track-where-er-the-goddess-roves-glory-pursue-and-gen-rous-shame/)

[Thomas Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-gray/)

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