Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems |
From inside the book
Page 88
... sound of the church - going bell These valleys and rocks never heard , Never sighed at the sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared . V Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore 15 20 25 25 30 ...
... sound of the church - going bell These valleys and rocks never heard , Never sighed at the sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared . V Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore 15 20 25 25 30 ...
Page 96
... sound of the cool colonnade ; The winds play no longer and sing in the leaves , Nor Ouse on his bosom their image receives . Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view 5 Of my favorite field , and the bank where they grew , And ...
... sound of the cool colonnade ; The winds play no longer and sing in the leaves , Nor Ouse on his bosom their image receives . Twelve years have elapsed since I last took a view 5 Of my favorite field , and the bank where they grew , And ...
Page 98
... sound unknown . May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore , The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! 30 35 Thy maidens , grieved themselves at my concern , Oft gave me promise of thy quick return . What ardently I wished , I long ...
... sound unknown . May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore , The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! 30 35 Thy maidens , grieved themselves at my concern , Oft gave me promise of thy quick return . What ardently I wished , I long ...
Page 104
... Sounds such as these , so worthy to be feared . Could I believe , that winds for ages pent 85 In Earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , And from their prison - house below arise , With all these hideous howlings to the skies , I ...
... Sounds such as these , so worthy to be feared . Could I believe , that winds for ages pent 85 In Earth's dark womb have found at last a vent , And from their prison - house below arise , With all these hideous howlings to the skies , I ...
Page 106
... sounds , that seem by tongue Of demons uttered , from whatever lungs , Sounds are but sounds , and till the cause ... sound , So sweet to huntsman , gentleman , and hound . MORAL Beware of desperate steps . The darkest day , Live till ...
... sounds , that seem by tongue Of demons uttered , from whatever lungs , Sounds are but sounds , and till the cause ... sound , So sweet to huntsman , gentleman , and hound . MORAL Beware of desperate steps . The darkest day , Live till ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Author's note awake bard beneath boast breath Cæsar cheer Comus death delight divine dream E'en earth Edited Eirin Elegy English Eton College eyes Faerie Queene fame fancy favorite fear feel flowers glittering Gog and Magog golden golden reign grace Gray here quotes Gray quotes Gray's Gwynedd hand hast Hawthorne's heard heart Heaven High School human Iliad John Gilpin Julius Cæsar king Lady liberty live lyre Macaulay's Essay Mary Milton mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymphs o'er Odin once Palgrave's Golden Treasury Paradise Lost peace Pindar pleasure Poems poet poetry praise PROPHETESS Queen scene Scott's shade Shakespeare's sing skies sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit spring stanza sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Gray thought Twas verse voice Welsh wild William Cowper wind wonder written wrote