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... mind occupied with the thought of the dawn and its work . No word was spoken . Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The ...
... mind occupied with the thought of the dawn and its work . No word was spoken . Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The ...
Page vii
... mind , and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo . Had Gray written often thus , it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him . ' But I am able to adduce testimony still higher , more affecting , and probably ...
... mind , and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo . Had Gray written often thus , it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him . ' But I am able to adduce testimony still higher , more affecting , and probably ...
Page viii
... mind , between Gray and more modern schools . Then we have the picture of the specific subject of the poem taken more closely : Beneath these rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade , Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap , Each ...
... mind , between Gray and more modern schools . Then we have the picture of the specific subject of the poem taken more closely : Beneath these rugged elms , that yew - tree's shade , Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap , Each ...
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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