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Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? C Ενθάδε πα κείται στυγνώ κ ' έν άτερπέϊ χώρω. Can storied urn , or animated bust , Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife ,
Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? C Ενθάδε πα κείται στυγνώ κ ' έν άτερπέϊ χώρω. Can storied urn , or animated bust , Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife ,
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Ενθάδε πα κείται στυγνώ κ ' έν άτερπέϊ χώρω Το πόκ ' αν ώρανίω ριπά πυρός ήτορ ανήψεν Και χέρες , αί κε σκήπτρα πάλαι φορέσειαν άμωμοι , Εμψύχου τε λύρας μέλος ένθεον έκκρούσειαν . XII . Hosce inter tumulos forsan , secretaque regna ...
Ενθάδε πα κείται στυγνώ κ ' έν άτερπέϊ χώρω Το πόκ ' αν ώρανίω ριπά πυρός ήτορ ανήψεν Και χέρες , αί κε σκήπτρα πάλαι φορέσειαν άμωμοι , Εμψύχου τε λύρας μέλος ένθεον έκκρούσειαν . XII . Hosce inter tumulos forsan , secretaque regna ...
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But Knowledge , to their eyes , her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the soul . Η ρα νυ μάργαρα πόλλ ' αλίοις ενί βένθεσι κείται ...
But Knowledge , to their eyes , her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the soul . Η ρα νυ μάργαρα πόλλ ' αλίοις ενί βένθεσι κείται ...
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | John Van Voorst, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Oct 2004 |
| Length | 64 pages |
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