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... dust which now cover the sacred places where a worshipping congrega- tion once bowed in the presence of their Creator . An ivy , gnarled and knotted by age , with a trunk like that of a forest - tree in size , spreads its PREFACE . XI ...
... dust which now cover the sacred places where a worshipping congrega- tion once bowed in the presence of their Creator . An ivy , gnarled and knotted by age , with a trunk like that of a forest - tree in size , spreads its PREFACE . XI ...
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... dust to dust " consign ; With quiet tears their simple rites are said ; And here they sleep , till , at the trump divine , The earth and ocean render up their dead . & छ THE GREAT ARE FALLING FROM US . BY.
... dust to dust " consign ; With quiet tears their simple rites are said ; And here they sleep , till , at the trump divine , The earth and ocean render up their dead . & छ THE GREAT ARE FALLING FROM US . BY.
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... dust ; ― Our flag droops midway , 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 ...
... dust ; ― Our flag droops midway , 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 ...
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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