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... mouldering heap , Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . ' " All sermons are here concentrated , and here every expression comes up to the full dignity of the most solemn of all human themes ...
... mouldering heap , Each in his narrow cell forever laid , The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . ' " All sermons are here concentrated , and here every expression comes up to the full dignity of the most solemn of all human themes ...
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... mouldering turf - heaps ; skirt- ing this precinct are the smooth turf , the over - arching glades , the repos- ing deer of the English park ; not far beyond are the antique towers ' of Eton , the stately brow ' of Windsor . But even ...
... mouldering turf - heaps ; skirt- ing this precinct are the smooth turf , the over - arching glades , the repos- ing deer of the English park ; not far beyond are the antique towers ' of Eton , the stately brow ' of Windsor . But even ...
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... mouldering aisles now sighs the blast , And round whose altars grass and ivy climb , XXXVIII . They gladly thronged , their grateful hymns to raise , Oft as the calm and holy Sabbath shone ; The mingled tribute of their prayers and ...
... mouldering aisles now sighs the blast , And round whose altars grass and ivy climb , XXXVIII . They gladly thronged , their grateful hymns to raise , Oft as the calm and holy Sabbath shone ; The mingled tribute of their prayers and ...
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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