Elegy Written in a Country Church-yardJohn Van Voorst, 1839 - 64 pages |
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... 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 . Νὺξ πέλει , οὐδ ̓ ἀν ̓ ἀγρὼς πυρὰ καίεται , οὐδ ̓.
... 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 . Νὺξ πέλει , οὐδ ̓ ἀν ̓ ἀγρὼς πυρὰ καίεται , οὐδ ̓.
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Thomas Gray. Νὺξ πέλει , οὐδ ̓ ἀν ̓ ἀγρὼς πυρὰ καίεται , οὐδ ̓ ἀνὰ κώμας Μυκηθμῷ λειμῶνα βόες βραδέως κάμπτοντι · Οἴκαδ ̓ ἴατ ̓ ἀροτρεὺς ἀμπαύσων σῶμα κεκμακός , Κάδ ̓ δ ̓ ἐμὲ δὴ μόνον εὖντα μελαίνα πέπταται ὄρφνα . I. AUDIN ' ut occiduæ ...
Thomas Gray. Νὺξ πέλει , οὐδ ̓ ἀν ̓ ἀγρὼς πυρὰ καίεται , οὐδ ̓ ἀνὰ κώμας Μυκηθμῷ λειμῶνα βόες βραδέως κάμπτοντι · Οἴκαδ ̓ ἴατ ̓ ἀροτρεὺς ἀμπαύσων σῶμα κεκμακός , Κάδ ̓ δ ̓ ἐμὲ δὴ μόνον εὖντα μελαίνα πέπταται ὄρφνα . I. AUDIN ' ut occiduæ ...
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... Οὐδ ̓ ὄρνις κλαγγεῦσα ἐπ ̓ ἢώοισι πετεύροις , Τὼς οὐδ ̓ εὐναθεν κέρας αερόφωνον ἀνεγρεῖ . V. Heu ! frustrà vinctos durâ sub compede mortis Aurora allicient thuriferentis opes ! Frustrà eheu ! galli cantus , cornuve sonorum , Stramineo ...
... Οὐδ ̓ ὄρνις κλαγγεῦσα ἐπ ̓ ἢώοισι πετεύροις , Τὼς οὐδ ̓ εὐναθεν κέρας αερόφωνον ἀνεγρεῖ . V. Heu ! frustrà vinctos durâ sub compede mortis Aurora allicient thuriferentis opes ! Frustrà eheu ! galli cantus , cornuve sonorum , Stramineo ...
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... echoing horn , No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed . Τήνοις οὐδ ̓ ἔτι δὴ ξύλα θήσει ἐπ ̓ ἐσχάρᾳ ἐνδοῖ Πρέσβα. The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn , For them , no more the blazing hearth shall burn ...
... echoing horn , No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed . Τήνοις οὐδ ̓ ἔτι δὴ ξύλα θήσει ἐπ ̓ ἐσχάρᾳ ἐνδοῖ Πρέσβα. The breezy call of incense - breathing Morn , For them , no more the blazing hearth shall burn ...