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... tomb no trophies raise , Where thro ' the long - drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the ...
... tomb no trophies raise , Where thro ' the long - drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the ...
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... tomb the voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires . For thee , who mindful of th ' unhonour'd Dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely Contemplation led , Some kindred Spirit ...
... tomb the voice of Nature cries , Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires . For thee , who mindful of th ' unhonour'd Dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely Contemplation led , Some kindred Spirit ...
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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