Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... grave . " How prophetic ! Wolfe himself was , at that moment , in the path of glory , and on the day about to dawn it led to the grave ! When he had finished the recitation , he said : " Gentlemen , I would prefer being the author of ...
... grave . " How prophetic ! Wolfe himself was , at that moment , in the path of glory , and on the day about to dawn it led to the grave ! When he had finished the recitation , he said : " Gentlemen , I would prefer being the author of ...
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... graves of the hamlet forefathers . I sat for a long time beneath those yews , thinking that , in all human probability , the blood of these men was still flowing in the veins of my own countrymen ; for around me I saw the graves of ...
... graves of the hamlet forefathers . I sat for a long time beneath those yews , thinking that , in all human probability , the blood of these men was still flowing in the veins of my own countrymen ; for around me I saw the graves of ...
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... graves Types of those fluctuant waves That bear you on to fulness and to bliss . If the ascendant wave , Or its green type , the grave , A moment from you hide your foregone peers , Be sure of this : The coming surge will buoy you to ...
... graves Types of those fluctuant waves That bear you on to fulness and to bliss . If the ascendant wave , Or its green type , the grave , A moment from you hide your foregone peers , Be sure of this : The coming surge will buoy you to ...
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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