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Page vi
... thought of the dawn and its work . No word was spoken . Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the ...
... thought of the dawn and its work . No word was spoken . Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the ...
Page vii
... thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been expressed shortly before the close of their lives . " After alluding to the anecdote which we have above related , in ...
... thoughts and sayings of eminent men ; and these acquire a more impressive and thrilling interest , if they have been expressed shortly before the close of their lives . " After alluding to the anecdote which we have above related , in ...
Page xi
... thought how much more desirable was he Same of the poet than of the king . This country church - yard has attractions not found beneath the roof of the Royal Chapel of St. George . Few care as to where rest the ashes of Charles the ...
... thought how much more desirable was he Same of the poet than of the king . This country church - yard has attractions not found beneath the roof of the Royal Chapel of St. George . Few care as to where rest the ashes of Charles the ...
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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