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... truth , ' Perchance in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre . ' I must not pursue the description of the care ...
... truth , ' Perchance in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire , Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed , Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre . ' I must not pursue the description of the care ...
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... ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; ী F XVIII . छ The struggling pangs of conscious truth. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone With incense kindled at the muse's flame .
... ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne , And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; ী F XVIII . छ The struggling pangs of conscious truth. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscribed alone With incense kindled at the muse's flame .
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... 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 - breathing prayer , And artless anthems , at its peaceful close , Like holy ...
... 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 - breathing prayer , And artless anthems , at its peaceful close , Like holy ...
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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