Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... poem to the glory of beating the French to - morrow . " The Elegy was then a recent production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the ...
... poem to the glory of beating the French to - morrow . " The Elegy was then a recent production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the ...
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... poem , and its influence over the human heart . We are always glad to have our own judgments assisted and guided by the thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been ...
... poem , and its influence over the human heart . We are always glad to have our own judgments assisted and guided by the thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been ...
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... poem dis- courages any multiplied quotations from it . The opening of the de- scription at once puts the village life of England before us , even though the very commencing word — the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits ...
... poem dis- courages any multiplied quotations from it . The opening of the de- scription at once puts the village life of England before us , even though the very commencing word — the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits ...
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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