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... never have seen the light , but for the publication of a copy surreptitiously obtained . It passed , at once , to its permanent place in English literature . The call of Mr. Webster for it on his dying bed is very naturally associated ...
... never have seen the light , but for the publication of a copy surreptitiously obtained . It passed , at once , to its permanent place in English literature . The call of Mr. Webster for it on his dying bed is very naturally associated ...
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... never arouse the poet , or those who sleep around him , from their lowly beds . Peace to their ashes ! ' was my humble benediction , as I bade farewell to this sequestered and beautiful spot , consecrated by genius . " The vignette on ...
... never arouse the poet , or those who sleep around him , from their lowly beds . Peace to their ashes ! ' was my humble benediction , as I bade farewell to this sequestered and beautiful spot , consecrated by genius . " The vignette on ...
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... never trod , That sacred volume claimed their hearts alone , Which taught the way to glory and to God . XXXVI . Here they from Truth's eternal fountain drew The pure and gladdening waters , day by day ; Learned , since our days are evil ...
... never trod , That sacred volume claimed their hearts alone , Which taught the way to glory and to God . XXXVI . Here they from Truth's eternal fountain drew The pure and gladdening waters , day by day ; Learned , since our days are evil ...
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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