Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the rustic moralist to die . For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ...
... fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the rustic moralist to die . For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey , This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd , Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day ...
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... Fame un- known . Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth , And Melancholy mark'd him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had , a tear , He ...
... Fame un- known . Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth , And Melancholy mark'd him for her own . Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere , Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had , a tear , He ...
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... 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 in infant - gore Wallows beneath the thorny shade . Now , brothers , bending o'er the ...
... 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 in infant - gore Wallows beneath the thorny shade . Now , brothers , bending o'er the ...
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