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... to the transcendant merits of a composition , which the highest critical authority in our own country has declared it would be idle to praise . J. M. Woburn Abbey , 25 March , 1839 . 人 Νυξ πέλει , ουδ ' αν αγρώς πυρά καίεται.
... to the transcendant merits of a composition , which the highest critical authority in our own country has declared it would be idle to praise . J. M. Woburn Abbey , 25 March , 1839 . 人 Νυξ πέλει , ουδ ' αν αγρώς πυρά καίεται.
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Νυξ πέλει , ουδ ' αν αγρώς πυρά καίεται , ουδ ' ανά κώμας : Μυκηθμό λειμώνα βόες βραδέως κάμπτοντι : Οίκαδ ' ίατ ' άροτρεύς αμπαύσων σώμα κεκμακός , Κάδ ' δ ' έμε δή μόνον εύντα μελαίνα πέπταται άρονα . I. AUDIN ' ut occiduĉ sonitum ...
Νυξ πέλει , ουδ ' αν αγρώς πυρά καίεται , ουδ ' ανά κώμας : Μυκηθμό λειμώνα βόες βραδέως κάμπτοντι : Οίκαδ ' ίατ ' άροτρεύς αμπαύσων σώμα κεκμακός , Κάδ ' δ ' έμε δή μόνον εύντα μελαίνα πέπταται άρονα . I. AUDIN ' ut occiduĉ sonitum ...
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Τηνως ουκ ' Aώς θυόεσσα ποκ ' , ουδε χελιδων Σεισαμένα πτερα πα καλίας από καρφίταο , Ουδ ' όρνις κλαγγεύσα επ ' ήώοισι πετεύροις , Tώς ουδ ' ευνάθεν κέρας αερόφωνον ανεγρεϊ . V. Heu ! frustrà vinctos durâ sub compede mortis Aurorĉ ...
Τηνως ουκ ' Aώς θυόεσσα ποκ ' , ουδε χελιδων Σεισαμένα πτερα πα καλίας από καρφίταο , Ουδ ' όρνις κλαγγεύσα επ ' ήώοισι πετεύροις , Tώς ουδ ' ευνάθεν κέρας αερόφωνον ανεγρεϊ . V. Heu ! frustrà vinctos durâ sub compede mortis Aurorĉ ...
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V. The swallow twittering from the straw - built shed , The cock's shrill clarion , or the echoing horn , No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed . i ( ! Τήνοις ουδ ' έτι δη ξύλα θήσει. The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn ...
V. The swallow twittering from the straw - built shed , The cock's shrill clarion , or the echoing horn , No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed . i ( ! Τήνοις ουδ ' έτι δη ξύλα θήσει. The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn ...
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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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