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Page viii
... once puts the village life of England before us , even though the very commencing word- the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits . In the second stanza is there not twilight in the very sounds ? Now fades the glimmering ...
... once puts the village life of England before us , even though the very commencing word- the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits . In the second stanza is there not twilight in the very sounds ? Now fades the glimmering ...
Page ix
... once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre . ' I must not pursue the description of the care - crazed or love - crossed youth , and his epitaph . I would ...
... once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre . ' I must not pursue the description of the care - crazed or love - crossed youth , and his epitaph . I would ...
Page x
... 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 vast branches over this edifice , now.
... 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 vast branches over this edifice , now.
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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