Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... England , and settled in Hampton , N. H. , in 1656 , nearly two centuries ago . Ebenezer Webster , father of Daniel , born in 1739 , was a pioneer in Salisbury , served with credit in the Rangers during the Old French War , and in our ...
... England , and settled in Hampton , N. H. , in 1656 , nearly two centuries ago . Ebenezer Webster , father of Daniel , born in 1739 , was a pioneer in Salisbury , served with credit in the Rangers during the Old French War , and in our ...
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... England , before the Mechanics ' Institute of that ancient town , on the Poetry of Gray . The audience was composed of the Mayor and Aldermen of Sheffield , the poet James Montgomery , and the highly intelligent members of the institute ...
... England , before the Mechanics ' Institute of that ancient town , on the Poetry of Gray . The audience was composed of the Mayor and Aldermen of Sheffield , the poet James Montgomery , and the highly intelligent members of the institute ...
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... England before us , even though the very commencing word — the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits . In the second stanza is there not twilight in the very sounds ? ' Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight ...
... England before us , even though the very commencing word — the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits . In the second stanza is there not twilight in the very sounds ? ' Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight ...
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air a solemn alike the inevitable beetle wheels beneath Boston breath cell forever laid church of Stoke cock's shrill clarion compromise of 1834 Country Church-yard DANIEL WEBSTER death distant folds droning flight drowsy tinklings lull dust E'en echoing horn ecstasy the living England fades the glimmering fame glimmering landscape grave hamlet sleep Hampshire heart once pregnant heaves the turf laid Some heart lull the distant Massachusetts MOSES mouldering heap narrow cell forever o'er paths of glory peaceful poem poet Poetry of Gray Portsmouth PREFACE pregnant with celestial Q F B B rude forefathers rugged elms sacred Salisbury sequestered Sheffield slavery solemn stillness holds spot is laid stanzas STOKE POGIS CHURCH tariff compromise THOMAS GRAY tomb voice waked to ecstasy WAVERLEY MAGAZINE wealth e'er gave Webster remained Webster was called wheels his droning whig national convention Windsor Wolfe wrote his Elegy yew-tree's shade कर শু