Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... dust which now cover the sacred places where a worshipping congrega- tion once bowed in the presence of their Creator . An ivy , gnarled and knotted by age , with a trunk like that of a forest - tree in size , spreads its Gray's com ...
... dust which now cover the sacred places where a worshipping congrega- tion once bowed in the presence of their Creator . An ivy , gnarled and knotted by age , with a trunk like that of a forest - tree in size , spreads its Gray's com ...
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... Honor's voice provoke the silent dust , Or Flattery soothe the dull , cold ear of death ? ין শু ফ XII . Perhaps in this neglected spot. Can storied urn , or animated bust , Some village Hampden , that with dauntless breast.
... Honor's voice provoke the silent dust , Or Flattery soothe the dull , cold ear of death ? ין শু ফ XII . Perhaps in this neglected spot. Can storied urn , or animated bust , Some village Hampden , that with dauntless breast.
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... dust ; Our flag droops midway , full of many sighs ; A nation's glory and a people's trust Lie in the ample pall where WEBSTER lies . The great are falling from us — one by one , As fall the patriarchs of the forest - trees ; The wind ...
... dust ; Our flag droops midway , full of many sighs ; A nation's glory and a people's trust Lie in the ample pall where WEBSTER lies . The great are falling from us — one by one , As fall the patriarchs of the forest - trees ; The wind ...
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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