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... , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . ' " All sermons are here concentrated , and here every expression comes up to the full dignity of the most solemn of all human themes , without Q B ( R ོ ས PREFACE . छ IX the slightest.
... , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . ' " All sermons are here concentrated , and here every expression comes up to the full dignity of the most solemn of all human themes , without Q B ( R ོ ས PREFACE . छ IX the slightest.
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Thomas Gray. ক XIV . Full many a gem , of purest ray serene , The dark , unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness on the desert air . - XV . Some village Hampden , that with ...
Thomas Gray. ক XIV . Full many a gem , of purest ray serene , The dark , unfathomed caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen , And waste its sweetness on the desert air . - XV . Some village Hampden , that with ...
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... full of many sighs ; A nation's glory and a people's trust Lie in the ample pall where WEBSTER lies . The great are falling from us — one by one , As fall the patriarchs of the forest - trees ; The wind shall seek them vainly , and the ...
... full of many sighs ; A nation's glory and a people's trust Lie in the ample pall where WEBSTER lies . The great are falling from us — one by one , As fall the patriarchs of the forest - trees ; The wind shall seek them vainly , and the ...
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air a solemn alike the inevitable ASTOR Await alike beetle wheels beneath boast of heraldry breath BROADWAY cell forever laid church of Stoke cock's shrill clarion Country Church-yard curfew tolls distant folds droning flight drowsy tinklings lull dust E'en echoing horn ecstasy the living fades the glimmering glimmering landscape glory lead grave hamlet sleep heart once pregnant heaves the turf hopes inspire ivy-mantled tower laid Some heart living lyre lull the distant mouldering heap narrow cell forever neglected spot o'er paths of glory poem poet Poetry of Gray pomp of power PREFACE pregnant with celestial Q BB Q F B B rod of empire rude forefathers rugged elms sacred sequestered Sheffield solemn stillness holds spot is laid stanzas STOKE POGIS CHURCH THOMAS GRAY TILDAN tomb waked to ecstasy wealth e'er gave Webster wheels his droning Windsor Wolfe wrote his Elegy yew-tree's shade yonder YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY শু