Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
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... sacred to the common lot and daily life of humanity , and that these , together with that soft , peaceful landscape which sur- rounds you , have been adorned and ennobled by the muse of Gray . " We also make an extract from the " Note ...
... sacred to the common lot and daily life of humanity , and that these , together with that soft , peaceful landscape which sur- rounds you , have been adorned and ennobled by the muse of Gray . " We also make an extract from the " Note ...
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... sacred to every reader of the English language . The vision rises to view in city and in country , in hall and in cottage , in the groves of the academy , and in the primeval forest where the smoke from the woodman's hut gives notice of ...
... sacred to every reader of the English language . The vision rises to view in city and in country , in hall and in cottage , in the groves of the academy , and in the primeval forest where the smoke from the woodman's hut gives notice of ...
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... sacred fire From Heaven's high chancery hath touched , they hear Truths which their zeal inflame , their hopes inspire , Give wings to faith , and check affliction's tear ! XL . When life flowed by , and , like an angel , Death Came to ...
... sacred fire From Heaven's high chancery hath touched , they hear Truths which their zeal inflame , their hopes inspire , Give wings to faith , and check affliction's tear ! XL . When life flowed by , and , like an angel , Death Came 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