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Страница 122 - Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree; " Another came, nor yet beside the rill, " Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. " The next with dirges due, in sad array, " Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne; " Approach and read—for thou canst read—the lay,
Страница 113 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause; and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect for mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
Страница 118 - Elegy, written in a Country Church-yard, The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the
Страница 122 - Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn." THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul
Страница 119 - shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care: Xo children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their harrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their teams afield : How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke
Страница 121 - learn'd to stray: Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture dcck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years,
Страница 116 - Procrastination, Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life, Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment, leaves
Страница 122 - youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send; He gave to
Страница 119 - short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth o'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead
Страница 119 - oft the stubborn glebe has broke: How jocund did they drive their teams afield : How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke I Let not ambition mock their useful toil,

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