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... grave . " How prophetic ! Wolfe himself was , at that moment , in the path of glory , and on the day about to dawn it led to the grave ! When he had finished the recitation , he said : " Gentlemen , I would prefer being the author of ...
... grave . " How prophetic ! Wolfe himself was , at that moment , in the path of glory , and on the day about to dawn it led to the grave ! When he had finished the recitation , he said : " Gentlemen , I would prefer being the author of ...
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... graves of the hamlet forefathers . I sat for a long time beneath those yews , thinking that , in all human probability , the blood of these men was still flowing in th veins of my own countrymen ; for around me I saw the graves of Parry ...
... graves of the hamlet forefathers . I sat for a long time beneath those yews , thinking that , in all human probability , the blood of these men was still flowing in th veins of my own countrymen ; for around me I saw the graves of Parry ...
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... e'er gave , Await alike the inevitable hour , — The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 23BX B Q5Q THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR LENCI INATIONS 07 X. The boast of heraldry , the pomp Can storied urn , or animated bust , ...
... e'er gave , Await alike the inevitable hour , — The paths of glory lead but to the grave . 23BX B Q5Q THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR LENCI INATIONS 07 X. The boast of heraldry , the pomp Can storied urn , or animated bust , ...
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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