Elegy Written in a Country Church-yardJohn van Voorst, 1836 - 64 pages |
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... the former edition , and is in the possession of Samuel Rogers , Esq . The tomb of the poet is at the south - east corner of the chancel , near that of his aunt , Mrs. Mary Antrobus . I. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ;
... the former edition , and is in the possession of Samuel Rogers , Esq . The tomb of the poet is at the south - east corner of the chancel , near that of his aunt , Mrs. Mary Antrobus . I. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ;
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Thomas Gray, John Martin. I. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . BRITISH II . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the. THE Curfew tolls ...
Thomas Gray, John Martin. I. The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . BRITISH II . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the. THE Curfew tolls ...
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... the fault , If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise ; Where , through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . XI . Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ...
... the fault , If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise ; Where , through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . XI . Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ...
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... of pain and ruin to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , XVII . Their growing virtues , but their crimes confin'd. And read their history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone The struggling pangs. 71 ...
... of pain and ruin to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , XVII . Their growing virtues , but their crimes confin'd. And read their history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone The struggling pangs. 71 ...
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