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... thought of the dawn and its work . No word was spoken . Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the ...
... thought of the dawn and its work . No word was spoken . Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the ...
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... thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been expressed shortly before the close of their lives . " After alluding to the anecdote which we have above related , in ...
... thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been expressed shortly before the close of their lives . " After alluding to the anecdote which we have above related , in ...
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... thought how much more desirable was the fame of the poet than of the king . This country church - yard has attractions not found beneath the roof of the Royal Chapel of St. George . Few care as to where rest the ashes of Charles the ...
... thought how much more desirable was the fame of the poet than of the king . This country church - yard has attractions not found beneath the roof of the Royal Chapel of St. George . Few care as to where rest the ashes of Charles the ...
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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