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... 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 with a similar inci- dent which preceded the death of Wolfe . That commander , reduced to ...
... 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 with a similar inci- dent which preceded the death of Wolfe . That commander , reduced to ...
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Thomas Gray. PREFACE . XI vast branches over this edifice , now fast passing into ruins . A venerable yew - tree still guards the entrance into the church - yard , and throws its sombre shade over the humble places where The rude ...
Thomas Gray. PREFACE . XI vast branches over this edifice , now fast passing into ruins . A venerable yew - tree still guards the entrance into the church - yard , and throws its sombre shade over the humble places where The rude ...
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... passed The heavy hand of all - destroying Time , Through whose low , 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 ...
... passed The heavy hand of all - destroying Time , Through whose low , 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 ...
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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