 Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to...  Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard - Page 32by Thomas Gray - 1839 - 64 pagesFull view - About this book
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...ftillnefs holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, Ordrowfy tinklings lull thediftant folds: Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch, as wand'ring near her fecret bower, fyloleft her ancient folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged... | |
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...holds, Save where the beetle wheels his drony flight, And drowfy tinklings lull the diftant folds ; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of fuch as, wand'ring near her fecret bower, Moleft her ancient, folitary reign. Beneath thofe rugged... | |
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