Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . 120 Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ...
THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth , to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair science frowned not on his humble birth , And melancholy marked him for her own . 120 Large was his bounty , and his soul sincere ...
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10 When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue , his darling child , designed , To thee he gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow ...
10 When first thy sire to send on earth Virtue , his darling child , designed , To thee he gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow ...
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Onward still his way he takes , ( The groaning earth beneath him shakes . ) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise . 10 15 O O 20 Right against the eastern gate , o By the moss - grown pile he sate ; Where ...
Onward still his way he takes , ( The groaning earth beneath him shakes . ) Till full before his fearless eyes The portals nine of hell arise . 10 15 O O 20 Right against the eastern gate , o By the moss - grown pile he sate ; Where ...
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70 ODIN O 75 Yet a while my call obey : Prophetess , awake , and say , What virgins these , in speechless woe , That bend to earth their solemn brow , That their flaxen tresses tear , And snowy veils that float in air ?
70 ODIN O 75 Yet a while my call obey : Prophetess , awake , and say , What virgins these , in speechless woe , That bend to earth their solemn brow , That their flaxen tresses tear , And snowy veils that float in air ?
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As sickly plants betray a niggard earth , Whose barren bosom starves her generous birth , Nor genial warmth , nor genial juice retains , Their roots to feed , and fill their verdant veins : And as in climes , where winter holds his ...
As sickly plants betray a niggard earth , Whose barren bosom starves her generous birth , Nor genial warmth , nor genial juice retains , Their roots to feed , and fill their verdant veins : And as in climes , where winter holds his ...
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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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