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Thomas Gray. VIII cl Let not ambition mock their useful toil , Their homely joys , and destiny obscure , Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile . The short and simple annals of the poor . IX . of power , And all that beauty ,
Thomas Gray. VIII cl Let not ambition mock their useful toil , Their homely joys , and destiny obscure , Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile . The short and simple annals of the poor . IX . of power , And all that beauty ,
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... simple fancies fired , No thirst for wealth , nor panting after fame , But truth divine sublimer hopes inspired , And urged them onward to a nobler aim . XXXIV . From every cottage with the day arose The hallowed voice of spirit ...
... simple fancies fired , No thirst for wealth , nor panting after fame , But truth divine sublimer hopes inspired , And urged them onward to a nobler aim . XXXIV . From every cottage with the day arose The hallowed voice of spirit ...
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... Then gentle hands their " dust to dust " consign ; With quiet tears their simple rites are said ; And here they sleep , till , at the trump divine , The earth and ocean render up their dead . & छ THE GREAT ARE FALLING FROM US . BY.
... Then gentle hands their " dust to dust " consign ; With quiet tears their simple rites are said ; And here they sleep , till , at the trump divine , The earth and ocean render up their dead . & छ THE GREAT ARE FALLING FROM US . BY.
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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