Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... doom . III . I. " Edward , lo ! to sudden fate ( Weave we the woof . The thread is spun . ) Half of thy heart we consecrate . ( The web is wove . The work is done . ) Stay , oh stay ! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd , unpitied ...
... doom . III . I. " Edward , lo ! to sudden fate ( Weave we the woof . The thread is spun . ) Half of thy heart we consecrate . ( The web is wove . The work is done . ) Stay , oh stay ! nor thus forlorn Leave me unbless'd , unpitied ...
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... new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers light , That fly th ' approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom , The little victims 26 ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS .
... new , And lively cheer , of vigor born ; The thoughtless day , the easy night , The spirits pure , the slumbers light , That fly th ' approach of morn . Alas ! regardless of their doom , The little victims 26 ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS .
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Thomas Gray. Alas ! regardless of their doom , The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come , No care beyond to - day : Yet see ; how all around ' em wait The ministers of human fate , And black Misfortune's baleful train ...
Thomas Gray. Alas ! regardless of their doom , The little victims play ; No sense have they of ills to come , No care beyond to - day : Yet see ; how all around ' em wait The ministers of human fate , And black Misfortune's baleful train ...
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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