Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... once , to its permanent place in English literature . The call of Mr. Webster for it on his dying bed is very naturally associated with a similar inci- dent which preceded the death of Wolfe . That commander , reduced to straits by the ...
... once , to its permanent place in English literature . The call of Mr. Webster for it on his dying bed is very naturally associated with a similar inci- dent which preceded the death of Wolfe . That commander , reduced to straits by the ...
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... once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre . ' I must not pursue the description of the care - crazed or love - crossed youth , and his epitaph . I would ...
... once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre . ' I must not pursue the description of the care - crazed or love - crossed youth , and his epitaph . I would ...
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... 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 PREFACE . XI vast branches over this edifice , now.
... 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 PREFACE . XI vast branches over this edifice , now.
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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