Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
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... voice dis- turbed the tranquillity of the scene . The deer which had been feeding in the park were gathering and lying down to their rest . The songs of the birds in the leafy elms had ceased , for the shades of evening were advancing ...
... voice dis- turbed the tranquillity of the scene . The deer which had been feeding in the park were gathering and lying down to their rest . The songs of the birds in the leafy elms had ceased , for the shades of evening were advancing ...
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... voice divine From out the branches of her stately Elm . And Marshfield's giant Oak , whose stormy brow Oft turned the ocean - tempest from the west , Lies on the shore he guarded long , and now - Our startled eagle knows not where to ...
... voice divine From out the branches of her stately Elm . And Marshfield's giant Oak , whose stormy brow Oft turned the ocean - tempest from the west , Lies on the shore he guarded long , and now - Our startled eagle knows not where to ...
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... voice and echo die , Quivering an instant fitfully , Like a sick torch - flame , quenched amid its flaring . A moment more , The lover sinks where sunk the loved before , And the wild world whirls on , wild as it whirled of yore ...
... voice and echo die , Quivering an instant fitfully , Like a sick torch - flame , quenched amid its flaring . A moment more , The lover sinks where sunk the loved before , And the wild world whirls on , wild as it whirled of yore ...
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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