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... in many a mouldering heap , Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . R 15 The breezy call of incense - breathing morn , The GRAY'S POEMS: Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard.
... in many a mouldering heap , Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . R 15 The breezy call of incense - breathing morn , The GRAY'S POEMS: Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard.
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... sleeps upon his craggy bed : Mountains , ye mourn in vain O Modred , whose magic song Made huge Plinlimmon ° bow his cloud - topt head . On dreary Arvon's shore they lie , ° Smeared with gore , and ghastly pale : Far , far aloof the ...
... sleeps upon his craggy bed : Mountains , ye mourn in vain O Modred , whose magic song Made huge Plinlimmon ° bow his cloud - topt head . On dreary Arvon's shore they lie , ° Smeared with gore , and ghastly pale : Far , far aloof the ...
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... sleep . On yonder cliffs , a griesly band , I see them sit , they linger yet , Avengers of their native land : O With me in dreadful harmony they join , " 45 And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line . II . 1 " Weave the warp ...
... sleep . On yonder cliffs , a griesly band , I see them sit , they linger yet , Avengers of their native land : O With me in dreadful harmony they join , " 45 And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line . II . 1 " Weave the warp ...
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... sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid . ° Facing to the northern clime , Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced , in accents dread , The thrilling verse that wakes the dead : 20 Till from out the hollow ground ...
... sleep was laid The dust of the prophetic maid . ° Facing to the northern clime , Thrice he traced the Runic rhyme ; Thrice pronounced , in accents dread , The thrilling verse that wakes the dead : 20 Till from out the hollow ground ...
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... sleep again . Who is he , with voice unblest , That calls me from the bed of rest ? 30 335 ODIN A traveller , to thee unknown , Is he that calls , a warrior's son . Thou the deeds of light shalt know ; Tell me what is done below , For ...
... sleep again . Who is he , with voice unblest , That calls me from the bed of rest ? 30 335 ODIN A traveller , to thee unknown , Is he that calls , a warrior's son . Thou the deeds of light shalt know ; Tell me what is done below , For ...
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