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... common reader ; for by the common sense of readers , uncorrupted with literary prejudices , after all the refinements of subtilty , and the dogmatism of learning , must be finally decided all claim to poetical honor . The Church - yard ...
... common reader ; for by the common sense of readers , uncorrupted with literary prejudices , after all the refinements of subtilty , and the dogmatism of learning , must be finally decided all claim to poetical honor . The Church - yard ...
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... common lot and daily life of humanity , and that these , together with that soft , peaceful landscape which sur- rounds you , have been adorned and ennobled by the muse of Gray . " We also make an extract from the " Note - book of a ...
... common lot and daily life of humanity , and that these , together with that soft , peaceful landscape which sur- rounds you , have been adorned and ennobled by the muse of Gray . " We also make an extract from the " Note - book of a ...
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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