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His language has such a masculine , idiomatic strength , and his manner , whether he rises into grace or falls into negligence , has so much plain XX INTRODUCTION Appreciations.
His language has such a masculine , idiomatic strength , and his manner , whether he rises into grace or falls into negligence , has so much plain XX INTRODUCTION Appreciations.
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grace or falls into negligence , has so much plain and familiar freedom , that we read no poetry with a deeper conviction of its sentiments having come from the author's heart , and of the enthusiasm , in whatever he describes , having ...
grace or falls into negligence , has so much plain and familiar freedom , that we read no poetry with a deeper conviction of its sentiments having come from the author's heart , and of the enthusiasm , in whatever he describes , having ...
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65 70 No pitying heart , no eye , afford A tear to grace his obsequies . Is the sable warrior fledo ? Thy son is gone . He rests among the dead . The swarm , that in thy noontide beam were born ? Gone to salute the rising morn .
65 70 No pitying heart , no eye , afford A tear to grace his obsequies . Is the sable warrior fledo ? Thy son is gone . He rests among the dead . The swarm , that in thy noontide beam were born ? Gone to salute the rising morn .
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o Her lion - port , o her awe - commanding face , Attempered sweet to virgin - grace . What strings symphonious tremble in the air ! What strains of vocal transport round her play ! Hear from the grave , great Taliessin , o hear ...
o Her lion - port , o her awe - commanding face , Attempered sweet to virgin - grace . What strings symphonious tremble in the air ! What strains of vocal transport round her play ! Hear from the grave , great Taliessin , o hear ...
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90 Yet on his way ( no sign of grace , For folks in fear are apt to pray ) To Phoebus he preferred his case , And begged his aid that dreadful day . The godhead would have backed his quarrel ; But with a blush , on recollection , Owned ...
90 Yet on his way ( no sign of grace , For folks in fear are apt to pray ) To Phoebus he preferred his case , And begged his aid that dreadful day . The godhead would have backed his quarrel ; But with a blush , on recollection , Owned ...
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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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