Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... production . From its first appearance , a century ago , to the present day , it has been deemed one of the best specimens of English verse . This poem is said to have been for many years under correction and improvement ; and perhaps ...
... production . From its first appearance , a century ago , to the present day , it has been deemed one of the best specimens of English verse . This poem is said to have been for many years under correction and improvement ; and perhaps ...
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... production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the Mechanics ' Institute of that ancient town , on the Poetry of Gray . The audience was ...
... production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the Mechanics ' Institute of that ancient town , on the Poetry of Gray . The audience was ...
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... productions in the newspaper department , and the Waverley stands No. 1 in the list . Its contents are mostly original , and it numbers among its host of contributors the best talent of the country . Its editor , Moses A. Dow , is a ...
... productions in the newspaper department , and the Waverley stands No. 1 in the list . Its contents are mostly original , and it numbers among its host of contributors the best talent of the country . Its editor , Moses A. Dow , is a ...
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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