Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... shame , Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame . Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the ...
... shame , Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame . Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the ...
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... shame , With many a foul and midnight murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . Above , below , the rose of snow , Twined with her blushing foe , we spread : The bristled boar ...
... shame , With many a foul and midnight murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . Above , below , the rose of snow , Twined with her blushing foe , we spread : The bristled boar ...
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... Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded Care , Grim - visaged comfortless Despair , And Sorrow's piercing dart ...
... Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth , Or Jealousy , with rankling tooth , That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan , and faded Care , Grim - visaged comfortless Despair , And Sorrow's piercing dart ...
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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