Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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Here , as at the other school , he made but few friends , and was seldom seen in a social circle . His time seems to have been given almost entirely to study . History , classical literature , and modern languages were his favorite ...
Here , as at the other school , he made but few friends , and was seldom seen in a social circle . His time seems to have been given almost entirely to study . History , classical literature , and modern languages were his favorite ...
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... If chance , ° by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate , 95 Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , “ Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away , To meet the ...
... If chance , ° by lonely contemplation led , Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate , 95 Haply some hoary - headed swain may say , “ Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away , To meet the ...
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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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Not in thy Gorgon terrorso clad , Not circled with the vengeful bando ( As by the impious thou art seen ) , With thundering voice , and threatening mien , With screaming Horror's funeral cry , Despair , and fell Disease , and ghastly ...
Not in thy Gorgon terrorso clad , Not circled with the vengeful bando ( As by the impious thou art seen ) , With thundering voice , and threatening mien , With screaming Horror's funeral cry , Despair , and fell Disease , and ghastly ...
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15 Still had she gazed ; but midst the tide Two angel forms were seen to glide , The Geniio of the stream : Their scaly armor's Tyrian hueo Through richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam . The hapless nymph with wonder saw ...
15 Still had she gazed ; but midst the tide Two angel forms were seen to glide , The Geniio of the stream : Their scaly armor's Tyrian hueo Through richest purple to the view Betrayed a golden gleam . The hapless nymph with wonder saw ...
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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingReprint of what may once have been one of the most familiar poems in English from the 18th century. At a time when few could read in England, one of its most educated sons, and the companion of Horace ... Read full review
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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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