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... England when we say these words . We think of our trees and cows and frame houses . These words are household words of our own , words that we are married and buried by . They make us think of American graveyards and American homeliness ...
... England when we say these words . We think of our trees and cows and frame houses . These words are household words of our own , words that we are married and buried by . They make us think of American graveyards and American homeliness ...
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Thomas Gray. would die first . There is too much snow at times for England . An American working man in overalls sits by a brook and rests . But the great poem remains . It shines lovelier . For it has the light of life upon it . Our ...
Thomas Gray. would die first . There is too much snow at times for England . An American working man in overalls sits by a brook and rests . But the great poem remains . It shines lovelier . For it has the light of life upon it . Our ...
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