Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade , Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap , Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The rude o forefathers of the hamlet sleep . 15 O The breezy call of incense - breathing morn ...
Beneath those rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade , Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap , Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The rude o forefathers of the hamlet sleep . 15 O The breezy call of incense - breathing morn ...
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The breezy call of incense - breathing morn , The swallow twittering from the straw - built shed , The cock's shrill clarion , or the echoing horn , No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed . ° 20 For them no more the blazing ...
The breezy call of incense - breathing morn , The swallow twittering from the straw - built shed , The cock's shrill clarion , or the echoing horn , No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed . ° 20 For them no more the blazing ...
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Can storied urn , or animated bust , Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust , Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? 45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once ...
Can storied urn , or animated bust , Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust , Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? 45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once ...
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Fond impious man , think'st thou yon sanguine cloud , Raised by thy breath , has quenched the orb of day ? 136 To - morrow he repairs the golden flood , And warms the nations with redoubled ray . Enough for me ; with joy I see The ...
Fond impious man , think'st thou yon sanguine cloud , Raised by thy breath , has quenched the orb of day ? 136 To - morrow he repairs the golden flood , And warms the nations with redoubled ray . Enough for me ; with joy I see The ...
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There confusion , terror's child , Conflict fierce , and ruin wild , Agony , that pants for breath , Despair and honorable death . 30 35 40 * * THE DEATH OF HOELo AN ODE . SELECTED FROM THE GODODIN Had I but the torrent's might ...
There confusion , terror's child , Conflict fierce , and ruin wild , Agony , that pants for breath , Despair and honorable death . 30 35 40 * * THE DEATH OF HOELo AN ODE . SELECTED FROM THE GODODIN Had I but the torrent's might ...
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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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