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... poem to the glory of beating the French to - morrow . ' The Elegy was then a recent production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the ...
... poem to the glory of beating the French to - morrow . ' The Elegy was then a recent production . It was published about 1750 . Wolfe took Quebec in 1759 . The Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture at Sheffield , England , before the ...
Page vii
... poem , and its influence over the human heart . We are always glad to have our own judgments assisted and guided by the thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been ...
... poem , and its influence over the human heart . We are always glad to have our own judgments assisted and guided by the thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been ...
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... poem dis- courages any multiplied quotations from it . The opening of the de- scription at once puts the village life of England before us , even though the very commencing word- the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits ...
... poem dis- courages any multiplied quotations from it . The opening of the de- scription at once puts the village life of England before us , even though the very commencing word- the curfew - is rather a recollection of obsolete habits ...
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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