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FAR FROM THE

GRAY'S ELEGY.

MADDING CROWD'S IGNOBLE

STRIFE,

THEIR SOBER WISHES NEVER LEARN'D ΤΟ STRAY; ALONG THE COOL SEQUESTERD VALE OF LIFE

THEY KEPT THE NOISELESS

TENOUR OF THEIR WAY:

YET EVN THESE BONES FROM INSULT TO PROTECT
SOME FRAIL MEMORIAL STILL ERECTED NIGH,

WITH UNCOUTH RHYMES AND SHAPELESS SCULPTURE DECK'D,
IMPLORES THE PASSING TRIBUTE OF A SIGH.

THEIR NAME, THEIR YEARS, SPELT BY THUNLETTERD MUSE, THE PLACE OF FAME AND ELEGY SUPPLY:

AND MANY A HOLY TEXT AROUND SHE

THAT TEACH THE RUSTIC MORALIST

STREWS,
ΤΟ DIE.

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GRAY'S ELEGY.

FAR FROM THE

STRIFE,

MADDING CROWD'S IGNOBLE
THEIR SOBER WISHES NEVER LEARN'D TO STRAY;
ALONG THE COOL SEQUESTERD VALE OF LIFE

THEY KEPT THE NOISELESS TENOUR OF THEIR WAY:

YET EV'N THESE BONES FROM INSULT TO PROTECT

SOME FRAIL MEMORIAL STILL ERECTED NIGH, WITH UNCOUTH RHYMES AND SHAPELESS SCULPTURE DECKD, IMPLORES THE PASSING TRIBUTE OF A SIGH.

THEIR NAME, THEIR YEARS, SPELT BY THUNLETTERD MUSE,
THE PLACE OF FAME AND ELEGY SUPPLY:

AND MANY A HOLY TEXT AROUND SHE STREWS,
ΤΟ DIE.

THAT TEACH THE RUSTIC MORALIST

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