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... praise him . ' But I am able to adduce testimony still higher , more affecting , and probably unparalleled in its kind , to the merits of this surpassing poem , and its influence over the human heart . We are always glad to have our own ...
... praise him . ' But I am able to adduce testimony still higher , more affecting , and probably unparalleled in its kind , to the merits of this surpassing poem , and its influence over the human heart . We are always glad to have our own ...
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... If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where , through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . 3 ༧ ས ཏཏྟབྦཱ པ ལོ XI . Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath.
... If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where , through the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . 3 ༧ ས ཏཏྟབྦཱ པ ལོ XI . Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath.
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... praise , In sweet communion , rose before the throne . XXXIX . Here , from those honored lips , which sacred fire From Heaven's high chancery hath touched , they hear Truths which their zeal inflame , their hopes inspire , Give wings to ...
... praise , In sweet communion , rose before the throne . XXXIX . Here , from those honored lips , which sacred fire From Heaven's high chancery hath touched , they hear Truths which their zeal inflame , their hopes inspire , Give wings to ...
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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