Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... fate , — Haply some hoary - headed Swain may say , " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn . " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech , ELEGY AND OTHER ...
... fate , — Haply some hoary - headed Swain may say , " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn . " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech , ELEGY AND OTHER ...
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... 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 cry , He gives to range the dreary sky ...
... 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 cry , He gives to range the dreary sky ...
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... fate , And black Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah , show them where in ambush stand , To seize their prey , the murth'rous band ! Ah , tell them , they are men ! These shall the fury Passions tear , The vultures of the mind , Disdainful ...
... fate , And black Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah , show them where in ambush stand , To seize their prey , the murth'rous band ! Ah , tell them , they are men ! These shall the fury Passions tear , The vultures of the mind , Disdainful ...
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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