Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his contribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of any real service , for death was near at hand . He died at East Dereham , Norfolk , on ...
In 1794 a pension of £ 300 was granted him by the government in recognition of his contribution to English letters ; but it came too late to be of any real service , for death was near at hand . He died at East Dereham , Norfolk , on ...
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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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20 25 Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark , how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect - youth are on the wing , Eager to taste the honied spring , And float amid the liquid noon ...
20 25 Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark , how through the peopled air The busy murmur glows ! The insect - youth are on the wing , Eager to taste the honied spring , And float amid the liquid noon ...
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Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day , In Fortune's varying colors drest : Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance , Or chilled by Age , their airy dance They leave , in dust to rest .
Alike the Busy and the Gay But flutter through life's little day , In Fortune's varying colors drest : Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance , Or chilled by Age , their airy dance They leave , in dust to rest .
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Poverty , to fill the band , That numbs the soul with icy hand , And slow - consuming Age . 90 To each his sufferings : all are men , Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain , The unfeeling for his own .
Poverty , to fill the band , That numbs the soul with icy hand , And slow - consuming Age . 90 To each his sufferings : all are men , Condemned alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain , The unfeeling for his own .
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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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