Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard |
From inside the book
Results 1-2 of 2
Page 5
... poem . A poem which from the moment it was published was both a critical and financial success , and which has become one of the most popular and oft - quoted pieces of verse in the English lan- guage the ' Elegy in a Country Churchyard ...
... poem . A poem which from the moment it was published was both a critical and financial success , and which has become one of the most popular and oft - quoted pieces of verse in the English lan- guage the ' Elegy in a Country Churchyard ...
Page 6
... poem was due to its subject alone ( or as a critic of the day put it , ' the affecting and pensive cast of its theme ' ) ; and that the general public would have liked it as well , if not better , in prose . Perhaps so . Yet obviously ...
... poem was due to its subject alone ( or as a critic of the day put it , ' the affecting and pensive cast of its theme ' ) ; and that the general public would have liked it as well , if not better , in prose . Perhaps so . Yet obviously ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affected alike ALLENTOWN attack beauty beneath blood blush bold Books born bosom breast cast COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD critic dark Death e'er echo ELEGY Written Eton Ev'n eyes fame Fires Forbad Full gave Hands heap Heav'n homely joys interest Johnson laid Large lawn live Melancholy Memory mind Morn mother Nature never noble o'er path PENNSYLVANIA Perhaps poem popular praise rest rupture Save short smiling sober soul success Thomas Gray thro toil tomb tribute UNIVERSITY verse voice Walpole wood yonder