Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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... wind slowly o'er the lea , The ploughman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , 5 And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle ...
... wind slowly o'er the lea , The ploughman homeward plods his weary way , And leaves the world to darkness and to me . Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight , 5 And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle ...
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... wind , And snatch a fearful joy . Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed , Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And ...
... wind , And snatch a fearful joy . Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed , Less pleasing when possest ; The tear forgot as soon as shed , The sunshine of the breast : Theirs buxom health , of rosy hue , Wild wit , invention ever new , And ...
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... winds along , Deep , majestic , smooth , and strong , Through verdant dales , and Ceres ' golden reigno : 5 Now rolling down the steep amain , 10 Headlong , impetuous , see it pour ; The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar . 1 ...
... winds along , Deep , majestic , smooth , and strong , Through verdant dales , and Ceres ' golden reigno : 5 Now rolling down the steep amain , 10 Headlong , impetuous , see it pour ; The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar . 1 ...
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... Norman sails afar Catch the winds and join the war : Black and huge along they sweep , Burdens of the angry deep . 90 5 10 15 Dauntless on his native sands The dragon - son of THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN 35 The Triumphs of Owen.
... Norman sails afar Catch the winds and join the war : Black and huge along they sweep , Burdens of the angry deep . 90 5 10 15 Dauntless on his native sands The dragon - son of THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN 35 The Triumphs of Owen.
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... winds , and tame the unwilling deep : Here force and hardy deeds of blood prevail ; There languid pleasure sighs in every gale . 45 Oft o'er the trembling nations from afar Has Scythia breathed the living cloud of war ; And , where the ...
... winds , and tame the unwilling deep : Here force and hardy deeds of blood prevail ; There languid pleasure sighs in every gale . 45 Oft o'er the trembling nations from afar Has Scythia breathed the living cloud of war ; And , where the ...
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