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Quotes from On the Death of a Favourite Cat — Thomas Gray

1716–1771 England

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What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

On the Death of a Favourite Cat (1747)

Not all that tempts your wandering eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
Nor all that glisters gold.

On the Death of a Favourite Cat (1747)

No dolphin came, no Nereid stirred;
Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard.
A favourite has no friend!

On the Death of a Favourite Cat (1747)

'Twas on a lofty vase's side,
Where China's gayest art had dyed
The azure flowers, that blow;
Demurest of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima reclined,
Gazed on the lake below.

On the Death of a Favourite Cat (1747)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thomas Gray (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.