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Perhaps , in this neglected spot , is laid Some heart , once pregnant with celestial
fire ; Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre . XIII . Rich with the spoils of Time , did.
Hands , that the rod of empire might have sway'd , But Knowledge , to their eyes ...
Perhaps , in this neglected spot , is laid Some heart , once pregnant with celestial
fire ; Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre . XIII . Rich with the spoils of Time , did.
Hands , that the rod of empire might have sway'd , But Knowledge , to their eyes ...
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Knowledge, to their eyes, her ample page,
Thomas Gray John Martin. _)~~– →„--~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~==~~~~ ~~ xIII.- - But
Knowledge, to their eyes, her ample page,
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The threats of pain and ruin to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And
read their history in a nation's eyes , . : XVII . Their growing virtues , but their. Th '
applause of listening senates to command ; Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd ...
The threats of pain and ruin to despise ; To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land , And
read their history in a nation's eyes , . : XVII . Their growing virtues , but their. Th '
applause of listening senates to command ; Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd ...
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Editor | John Martin |
| Illustrated by | Reuben S. Gilbert |
| Publisher | Moore, 1845 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 11 pages |
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