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... sad array Slow thro ' the church - way path we saw him borne . Approach and read ( for thou canst read ) the lay , Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn . " THE EPITAPH . HERE rests his head upon the lap 8 ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS .
... sad array Slow thro ' the church - way path we saw him borne . Approach and read ( for thou canst read ) the lay , Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn . " THE EPITAPH . HERE rests his head upon the lap 8 ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS .
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... waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . Say , Father Thames , for thou hast seen Full ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS . 25 ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON ...
... waving fresh their gladsome wing , My weary soul they seem to soothe , And , redolent of joy and youth , To breathe a second spring . Say , Father Thames , for thou hast seen Full ELEGY AND OTHER POEMS . 25 ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON ...
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Thomas Gray. Say , Father Thames , for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet ...
Thomas Gray. Say , Father Thames , for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave , With pliant arm , thy glassy wave ? The captive linnet ...
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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