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Page viii
... rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . ' " All sermons are here concentrated , and here every expression comes up to the full dignity of the most solemn of all human themes , without Q B ( R ོ ས PREFACE . छ IX the slightest.
... rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep . ' " All sermons are here concentrated , and here every expression comes up to the full dignity of the most solemn of all human themes , without Q B ( R ོ ས PREFACE . छ IX the slightest.
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... sleep . ' It is this spot , or Stoke Pogis , which the poet is supposed to have had in his mind when he wrote his ... sleeps all that was mortal of him , is precious and sacred to every reader of the English language . The vision rises ...
... sleep . ' It is this spot , or Stoke Pogis , which the poet is supposed to have had in his mind when he wrote his ... sleeps all that was mortal of him , is precious and sacred to every reader of the English language . The vision rises ...
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... XLI . 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.
... XLI . 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