Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... bones from insult to protect " 24 " With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd " 24 Top of old gravestone 25 " Their name , their years , spelt by th ' unlettered Muse , the place of fame and elegy supply " .. 25 " If ...
... bones from insult to protect " 24 " With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd " 24 Top of old gravestone 25 " Their name , their years , spelt by th ' unlettered Muse , the place of fame and elegy supply " .. 25 " If ...
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Thomas Gray. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect , Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked , Implores the passing tribute of a sigh . SACRED T Here lye the Remons Their name ...
Thomas Gray. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect , Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked , Implores the passing tribute of a sigh . SACRED T Here lye the Remons Their name ...
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aisle and fretted Beneath those rugged beneath yon aged beside the rill bones from insult breezy call brook that babbles build and warble busy housewife ply call of incense-breathing calm that breathes dirges due distant folds drive their team drowsy tinklings lull e'en these bones elegy supply fades the glimmering fame and elegy fields withstood foot of yonder footsteps lightly print glebe has broke glimmering landscape Hard by yon hearth shall burn incense-breathing Morn insult to protect listless length little footsteps lightly lonely Contemplation led lull the distant Moon complain noontide o'er old fantastic roots place of fame ploughman homeward plods print the ground redbreast loves REJECTED VERSE rhymes and shapeless roots so high rugged elms sacred calm sad array shapeless sculpture showers of violets sickle yield stone beneath yon stubborn glebe team a-field uncouth rhymes unlettered Muse upland lawn violets found wreathes its old yon aged thorn yonder nodding beech