Thomas Gray Archive : Texts : Poems : "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"

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Some bold adventurers disdain 

36The limits of their little reign, 

37And unknown regions dare descry: 

38Still as they run they look behind, 

39They hear a voice in every wind, 

40And snatch a fearful joy.

---Steve