Elegy Written in a Country Church-yardJohn van Voorst, 1836 - 64 pages |
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... XXI . Their name , their years , spelt by th ' unletter'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the rustic moralist to die . 1 XXII . For who , to dumb Forgetfulness a ...
... XXI . Their name , their years , spelt by th ' unletter'd Muse , The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews , That teach the rustic moralist to die . 1 XXII . For who , to dumb Forgetfulness a ...
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... his head upon the lap of Earth , A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth , XXXI . Large was his bounty , and his soul. And Melancholy mark'd him for her own . and of several sizes . 127.
... his head upon the lap of Earth , A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth , XXXI . Large was his bounty , and his soul. And Melancholy mark'd him for her own . and of several sizes . 127.
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