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... the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight , 35- III . Save that , from yonder ivy -. And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep .
... the sight , And all the air a solemn stillness holds , Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight , 35- III . Save that , from yonder ivy -. And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep .
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... Truth's eternal fountain drew The pure and gladdening waters , day by day ; Learned , since our days are evil , fleet and few , To walk in Wisdom's bright and peaceful way Q F B B ६६ XXXVII . In yonder pile , o'er which has.
... Truth's eternal fountain drew The pure and gladdening waters , day by day ; Learned , since our days are evil , fleet and few , To walk in Wisdom's bright and peaceful way Q F B B ६६ XXXVII . In yonder pile , o'er which has.
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Thomas Gray. ६६ XXXVII . In yonder pile , o'er which has sternly passed The heavy hand of all - destroying Time , Through whose low , mouldering aisles now sighs the blast , And round whose altars grass and ivy climb , XXXVIII . They ...
Thomas Gray. ६६ XXXVII . In yonder pile , o'er which has sternly passed The heavy hand of all - destroying Time , Through whose low , mouldering aisles now sighs the blast , And round whose altars grass and ivy climb , XXXVIII . They ...
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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