Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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Thomas Gray. XIII . But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the soul . - XIV . Full many a gem , of purest ...
Thomas Gray. XIII . But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage , And froze the genial current of the soul . - XIV . Full many a gem , of purest ...
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... senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their history in a nation's eyes , Høgh QÁQ varatas XVII . Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone Their.
... senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin to despise , To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And read their history in a nation's eyes , Høgh QÁQ varatas XVII . Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone Their.
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... eyes , red with bitter weeping , Turn ye so heavily to the cold Earth - grave , whose dark vault hath the keeping Of your worn vestures only , when , Flinging them lightly off again , The soul remounts , with broad wing sweeping The ...
... eyes , red with bitter weeping , Turn ye so heavily to the cold Earth - grave , whose dark vault hath the keeping Of your worn vestures only , when , Flinging them lightly off again , The soul remounts , with broad wing sweeping 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