Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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... AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY J. H. CASTLEMAN , A.M. TEACHER OF ENGLISH AT THE MCKINLEY High School St. Louis , M188OURI New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918 12,5 COLLEGE HARVARD JUN 17 1920 LIBRARY Shafleigh feud COPYRIGHT ELEGY.
... AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY J. H. CASTLEMAN , A.M. TEACHER OF ENGLISH AT THE MCKINLEY High School St. Louis , M188OURI New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1918 12,5 COLLEGE HARVARD JUN 17 1920 LIBRARY Shafleigh feud COPYRIGHT ELEGY.
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... and William Cowper , Lord High Chancellor . His mother , formerly Anne Donne , of the family of Dr. John Donne , the celebrated Dean of St. Paul's , was of even higher birth , tracing her descent from Henry the Third .
... and William Cowper , Lord High Chancellor . His mother , formerly Anne Donne , of the family of Dr. John Donne , the celebrated Dean of St. Paul's , was of even higher birth , tracing her descent from Henry the Third .
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By addressing himself to the heart universal , and using language such as could be understood by the humble as well as the high , he influenced a wider circle than any poet who went before him ; and by inspiring a feeling of intimacy ...
By addressing himself to the heart universal , and using language such as could be understood by the humble as well as the high , he influenced a wider circle than any poet who went before him ; and by inspiring a feeling of intimacy ...
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... To meet the sun upon the upland lawno : 100 “ There at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , His listless length at noontide would he stretch , And pore upon the brook that babbles by .
... To meet the sun upon the upland lawno : 100 “ There at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , His listless length at noontide would he stretch , And pore upon the brook that babbles by .
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70 75 Ambition this shall tempt to rise , Then whirl the wretch from high , To bitter Scorn a sacrifice , And grinning Infamy . The stings of Falsehood those shall try , And hard Unkindness ' altered eye , That mocks the tear it forced ...
70 75 Ambition this shall tempt to rise , Then whirl the wretch from high , To bitter Scorn a sacrifice , And grinning Infamy . The stings of Falsehood those shall try , And hard Unkindness ' altered eye , That mocks the tear it forced ...
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems Macmillian's pocket American and English classics |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1909 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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