Elegy

Thomas Gray. 17161771| | 453. Elegy scripted in a frank Churchyard|  | THE Curfew tolls the knell of percentage day,|  |   The lowing herd wind behind oer the lea,|  | The plowman oriented plods his weary way,|  |   And leaves the world to sleaziness and to me.|  |  | | Now fades the glimmering ornament on the sight,|          5|   And every(prenominal)(a) the straining a solemn sluggishness holds,|  | Save where the mallet wheels his lagger flight,|  |   And drowsy tinklings lull the outback(a) folds;|  |  | | Save that from yon ivy-mantled towr|  |   The moping bird of night does to the moon complain|   10| Of such as, wandring nestle her recondite bowr,|  |   Molest her ancient nongregarious reign.|  |  | | Beneath those wiped out(p) elms, that yew-trees shade,|  |   Where heaves the sodomite in many a mouldring heap,|  | each(prenominal) in his narrow electric cell for ever laid,|   15|   The thoroughgoing(a) Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.|  |  | | The breezy key out of incense-breathing Morn,|  |   The swallow twittring from the straw-built shed,|  | The cocks shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,|  |   No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.

|   20|  | | For them no more the beam dateth shall burn,|  |   Or in use(p) housewife ply her change surface care:|  | No children do work to lisp their sires return,|  |   Or rear his knees the envied kiss to share.|  |  | | Oft did the harvest-time to their reap hook yield,|   25|   Their furrow oftentimes the stubborn glebe has bust:|  | How sunny did they drive their team abroad!|  |   How bowd the woods beneath their unbending stroke!|  |  | | Let non Ambition fling their efficacious toil,|  |   Their homely joys, and destiny glowering;|   30| Nor magnanimousness hear with a disdainful make a face|  |   The short and easy muniment of the poor.|  |  | | The boast of heraldry, the pomp of powr,|  |   And all that beauty, all that wealth ever so gave,|  | Awaits...If you want to get a full essay, recite it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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