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... English verse . This poem is said to have been for many years under correction and improvement ; and perhaps it would never have seen the light , but for the publication of a copy surreptitiously obtained . It passed , at once , to its ...
... English verse . This poem is said to have been for many years under correction and improvement ; and perhaps it would never have seen the light , but for the publication of a copy surreptitiously obtained . It passed , at once , to its ...
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... whoever , among the numerous English and American pilgrims who flock thither every year , may gaze on that sequestered spot , even without such fond domestic associations as I have recently ya X PREFACE . happened to acquire with it , will.
... whoever , among the numerous English and American pilgrims who flock thither every year , may gaze on that sequestered spot , even without such fond domestic associations as I have recently ya X PREFACE . happened to acquire with it , will.
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... English scenery which composes the whole view . Immediately before and around you see the ivy - mantled tower , the rugged elms , the yew - tree's shade , the mouldering turf - heaps ; skirt- ing this precinct are the smooth turf , the ...
... English scenery which composes the whole view . Immediately before and around you see the ivy - mantled tower , the rugged elms , the yew - tree's shade , the mouldering turf - heaps ; skirt- ing this precinct are the smooth turf , the ...
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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