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Page vii
... memories ; to its being the subject of incessant quotation , and of scarcely less frequent translation , imitation , and parody . I prefer to repeat no other terms of eulogy than those of Dr. Johnson himself . His words are , In the ...
... memories ; to its being the subject of incessant quotation , and of scarcely less frequent translation , imitation , and parody . I prefer to repeat no other terms of eulogy than those of Dr. Johnson himself . His words are , In the ...
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... memory of Gray by the late John Penn , Esq . , of Stoke Park . The original draw- ing is in the possession of Samuel Rogers , Esq . The tomb of the poet is at the south - east corner of the chancel , near that of his aunt , Mrs Mary ...
... memory of Gray by the late John Penn , Esq . , of Stoke Park . The original draw- ing is in the possession of Samuel Rogers , Esq . The tomb of the poet is at the south - east corner of the chancel , near that of his aunt , Mrs Mary ...
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... Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where , through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . 3 ༧ ས ཏཏྟབྦཱ པ ལོ XI . Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath.
... Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where , through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . 3 ༧ ས ཏཏྟབྦཱ པ ལོ XI . Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath.
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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