Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
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Where each old poetic mountain Inspiration breathed around : Every shade and hallowed fountain 75 Murmured deep a solemn sound : Till the sad Nine , in Greece's evil hour , Left their Parnassuso for the Latian plains .
Where each old poetic mountain Inspiration breathed around : Every shade and hallowed fountain 75 Murmured deep a solemn sound : Till the sad Nine , in Greece's evil hour , Left their Parnassuso for the Latian plains .
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Such were the sounds that o'er the crested prideo Of the first Edward scattered wild dismay , As down the steep of Snowdon's shaggy sideo He wound with toilsome march his long array . Stout Glo'stero stood aghast in speechless trance ...
Such were the sounds that o'er the crested prideo Of the first Edward scattered wild dismay , As down the steep of Snowdon's shaggy sideo He wound with toilsome march his long array . Stout Glo'stero stood aghast in speechless trance ...
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25 Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breathed a sullen sound . PROPHETESS 30 What call unknown , what charms presume To break the quiet of the tomb ? Who thus afflicts my troubled sprite , And drags me from the realms of night ?
25 Till from out the hollow ground Slowly breathed a sullen sound . PROPHETESS 30 What call unknown , what charms presume To break the quiet of the tomb ? Who thus afflicts my troubled sprite , And drags me from the realms of night ?
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RECITATIVE O 40 O O But hark ! the portals sound , and pacing forth 35 With solemn steps and slow , High potentates , and dames of royal birth , And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward , with the lilies on his browo From ...
RECITATIVE O 40 O O But hark ! the portals sound , and pacing forth 35 With solemn steps and slow , High potentates , and dames of royal birth , And mitred fathers in long order go : Great Edward , with the lilies on his browo From ...
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Had two stone bottles found , To hold the liquor that she loved , And keep it safe and sound . 70 Each bottle had a curling ear , Through which the belt he drew , And hung a bottle on each side , To make his balance true .
Had two stone bottles found , To hold the liquor that she loved , And keep it safe and sound . 70 Each bottle had a curling ear , Through which the belt he drew , And hung a bottle on each side , To make his balance true .
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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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