Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the ...
45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the ...
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90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
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80 Lo ! in the vale of years beneath A griesly troop are seen , The painful family of Death , More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints , this fires the veins , ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE 11.
80 Lo ! in the vale of years beneath A griesly troop are seen , The painful family of Death , More hideous than their queen : This racks the joints , this fires the veins , ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE 11.
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This racks the joints , this fires the veins , 85 That every laboring sinew strains , Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty , to fill the band , That numbs the soul with icy hand , And slow - consuming Age .
This racks the joints , this fires the veins , 85 That every laboring sinew strains , Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo ! Poverty , to fill the band , That numbs the soul with icy hand , And slow - consuming Age .
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RICHARD WEST ° In vain to me the smiling morningso shine , And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descanto join ; Or cheerful fields resume their green attireo : 5 These ears , alas ! for other ...
RICHARD WEST ° In vain to me the smiling morningso shine , And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descanto join ; Or cheerful fields resume their green attireo : 5 These ears , alas ! for other ...
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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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