Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... morn would break on the morrow , but ' The cock's shrill clarion and the echoing horn ' would never arouse the poet , or those who sleep around him , from their lowly beds . ' Peace to their ashes ! ' was my humble benediction , as I ...
... morn would break on the morrow , but ' The cock's shrill clarion and the echoing horn ' would never arouse the poet , or those who sleep around him , from their lowly beds . ' Peace to their ashes ! ' was my humble benediction , as I ...
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... Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . च छ } $ 3 V. The swallow twittering from the straw. Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The breezy call of incense - breathing morn ,
... Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . च छ } $ 3 V. The swallow twittering from the straw. Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The breezy call of incense - breathing morn ,
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... , " Oft have we seen him , at the peep of dawn , To meet the sun upon the upland lawn . FBB XXVI . " There at the foot of yonder nodding. Brushing , with hasty steps , the dews away , " One morn I missed him on the accustomed hill ...
... , " Oft have we seen him , at the peep of dawn , To meet the sun upon the upland lawn . FBB XXVI . " There at the foot of yonder nodding. Brushing , with hasty steps , the dews away , " One morn I missed him on the accustomed hill ...
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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