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... Stoke Pogis . At a distance of two or three miles from Windsor , far removed from the public highway , and within the fine old park formerly belonging to the family of William Penn , stands the church of Stoke Pogis . Here , under the ...
... Stoke Pogis . At a distance of two or three miles from Windsor , far removed from the public highway , and within the fine old park formerly belonging to the family of William Penn , stands the church of Stoke Pogis . Here , under the ...
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... Stoke Pogis , which the poet is supposed to have had in his mind when he wrote his Elegy in a Country Church - yard . Either place answers the description . The church at Stoke Pogis is , however , in good repair . On a tablet under the ...
... Stoke Pogis , which the poet is supposed to have had in his mind when he wrote his Elegy in a Country Church - yard . Either place answers the description . The church at Stoke Pogis is , however , in good repair . On a tablet under the ...
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... Stoke Pogis church , Buckinghamshire , the church - yard of which is the scene of this cele- brated poem , and near which is a monument , erected to the memory of Gray by the late John Penn , Esq . , of Stoke Park . The original draw ...
... Stoke Pogis church , Buckinghamshire , the church - yard of which is the scene of this cele- brated poem , and near which is a monument , erected to the memory of Gray by the late John Penn , Esq . , of Stoke Park . The original draw ...
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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