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Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust , Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? 45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed ...
Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust , Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? 45 Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ° ; Hands , that the rod of empire might have swayed ...
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90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
90 On some fond breast the parting soul relies , Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries , E'eno in our ashes live their wonted fires . ° For thee , who , mindful of the unhonored dead ...
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... constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind , They hear a voice in every wind , And snatch a fearful joy .
... constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind , They hear a voice in every wind , And snatch a fearful joy .
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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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3 Thee the voice , the dance , obey , 25 Tempered to thy warbled lay . O'er Idalia's velvet - greeno The rosy - crowned Loveso are seen On Cytherea's dayo : With antic Sport , and blue - eyed Pleasures , 30 Frisking light in frolic ...
3 Thee the voice , the dance , obey , 25 Tempered to thy warbled lay . O'er Idalia's velvet - greeno The rosy - crowned Loveso are seen On Cytherea's dayo : With antic Sport , and blue - eyed Pleasures , 30 Frisking light in frolic ...
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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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