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... repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike the inevitable hour , - The paths of glory lead ...
... repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike the inevitable hour , - The paths of glory lead ...
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... repeat no other terms of eulogy than those of Dr. Johnson himself . His words are , In the character of the Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers , uncorrupted with literary prejudices ...
... repeat no other terms of eulogy than those of Dr. Johnson himself . His words are , In the character of the Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader ; for by the common sense of readers , uncorrupted with literary prejudices ...
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... repeat , somewhat indistinctly , the words , Poet , poetry , - Gray , Gray . ' His son repeated the first line of the Elegy , The curfew tolls the knell of parting day . ' ' That's it , that's it ! " exclaimed Mr. Webster . The book was ...
... repeat , somewhat indistinctly , the words , Poet , poetry , - Gray , Gray . ' His son repeated the first line of the Elegy , The curfew tolls the knell of parting day . ' ' That's it , that's it ! " exclaimed Mr. Webster . The book was ...
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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