Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... hour , - The paths of glory lead but to the 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 ...
... hour , - The paths of glory lead but to the 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 ...
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... hour in the morning viewing the old and ivy - covered church at Upton ( also in the immediate neighborhood of Windsor ) , and reading the inscriptions upon the decaying stones which mark the mouldering graves of past genera- tions ...
... hour in the morning viewing the old and ivy - covered church at Upton ( also in the immediate neighborhood of Windsor ) , and reading the inscriptions upon the decaying stones which mark the mouldering graves of past genera- tions ...
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... wealth e'er gave , Await alike the inevitable hour , — The paths of glory lead but to the grave . X. Á If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the.
... wealth e'er gave , Await alike the inevitable hour , — The paths of glory lead but to the grave . X. Á If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , Nor you , ye proud , impute to these 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