Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre . But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with ...
... death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre . But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with ...
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... Death , sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint , my song , disprove , And justify the laws of Jove . Say , has he given in vain the heav'nly Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews , Her spectres wan , and birds of boding ...
... Death , sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint , my song , disprove , And justify the laws of Jove . Say , has he given in vain the heav'nly Muse ? Night and all her sickly dews , Her spectres wan , and birds of boding ...
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... Death , More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints , this fires the veins , That every laboring sinew strains , Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty , to fill the band , That numbs the soul with icy hand , And slow ...
... Death , More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints , this fires the veins , That every laboring sinew strains , Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty , to fill the band , That numbs the soul with icy hand , And slow ...
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abode affright alike ample arms azure baleful beneath blow blush born bosom breast breathe Cambria's cheer cries crown dauntless Dear Death deep dews Disdainful distant doom dreary E'en e'er Ecstasy ELEGY faded fame Fancy fate fears fire flame flowers fond Forbade forlorn Gales glitter glory golden grisly Hark Headlong hear heart Heav'n Helm hoary holy hush'd Jove kindred King Labor laid lance laughing lawn light Love lyre mighty mock morn Muse Muse's night noontide o'er pain Penury Pindaric Ode pleasing POEMS pomp prey pride Quench'd race Rapture reign rill rove sable sceptred scorn secret shade shaggy Shame Shrieks sleep slumber smile Snowdon's soft solemn Sorrow's soul spirit steep strains stray'd sublime sweet tear Thames thee Thine thou thro tremble turf Tyrant unroll vale Vocal voice warbled warm wave Weave Where'er wild wing wood woof yonder youth