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60 The applause of listening senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their history in a nation's eyes , 65 Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing ...
60 The applause of listening senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their history in a nation's eyes , 65 Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing ...
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On yonder cliffs , a griesly band , I see them sit , they linger yet , Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join , And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line . 45 II . 1 50 Weave the warp , and weave ...
On yonder cliffs , a griesly band , I see them sit , they linger yet , Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join , And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line . 45 II . 1 50 Weave the warp , and weave ...
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... And scatter , with a free though frugal hand , Light golden showers of plenty o'er the land : But tyranny has fixed her empire there , To check their tender hopes with chilling fear , And blast the blooming promise of the year .
... And scatter , with a free though frugal hand , Light golden showers of plenty o'er the land : But tyranny has fixed her empire there , To check their tender hopes with chilling fear , And blast the blooming promise of the year .
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Proud of the yoke , and pliant to the rod , Why yet does Asia dread a monarch's nod , While European freedom still withstands 60 The encroaching tide that drowns her lessening lands ; And sees far off , with an indignant groan ...
Proud of the yoke , and pliant to the rod , Why yet does Asia dread a monarch's nod , While European freedom still withstands 60 The encroaching tide that drowns her lessening lands ; And sees far off , with an indignant groan ...
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15 With cane extended far , I sought To steer it close to land ; But still the prize , though nearly caught , Escaped my eager hand . 20 Beau marked my unsuccessful pains With fixed considerate face , And puzzling set his puppy brains ...
15 With cane extended far , I sought To steer it close to land ; But still the prize , though nearly caught , Escaped my eager hand . 20 Beau marked my unsuccessful pains With fixed considerate face , And puzzling set his puppy brains ...
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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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