 Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.  Poems - Page 148by Thomas Gray - 1778 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...reign. Beneath those ragged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense7breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built sbed,... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...IV. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves theturfinmanyamould'ringheap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. V. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed,... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary reign. • Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each...for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built sheS,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each...for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed,... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade. Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for eVer laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet -sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed.... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Charity - 1815 - 376 pages
...reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heavesLthe turf in many a. mould'rir.g heap. Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, E.ich in his i.arrow cell foiever laid, < The i ude forefathers of the hamlet fleep. The breezy call of incenfe-breathing morn, The fwallow tvmt'ring from the ftraw-built fhed, The cock's, fhrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more fhall... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...ancient, solitary reigu. Beneath those ragged Elms, that YEW-TREE'S shade, Where heaves the turf in mauy a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the HAMLET sleep ! The Monument of GRAY, raised by Mr. Penn, is composed of stone, and consists of a large SARCOPHAGUS,... | |
 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...interior decorated with " many a holy text," and the structure is encircled by a cemetery, where Each, in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep ! The mill, the church, the bridge, and the transparent stream, seen from the parlour window... | |
 | 1832 - 612 pages
...sanctuary of our departed fellowcreatures. No, I allude to those green and secluded spots, where — ' Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep, '— To those peaceful enclosures, within which the mind may devote itself to uninterrupted... | |
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