...unhonor"d dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless...

...their wonted Fires. For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, 95...fantastic roots so high, "His listless length at noontide wou'd he stretch, "And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,...

...unhonour'd Dead Dost in tbese Lines their artless Tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy Fate, Haply...the Dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland Lawn. "There at the Foot of yonder nodding Beech That wreathes its old fantastic Roots so high, His listless...

...following quatrain. Trochaic inversion here marks a line-group. Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, 97 'Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn 'Brushing...dews away 'To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 100 Thomas Gray. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'. 1751 (L:37) Line 97 has the first trochaic inversion,...

...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit130 shall inquire thy fate, Haply131 some hoary-headed132 swain133 may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech134 .135 巩狙tW 钮血鹤' " " 1 仁Oldfan 杜stlC 加O...

...th'unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led. Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. sequestered vale] secluded valley tenor] routine unlettered] illiterate wonted] accustomed Haply] perhaps...

...soul relies, Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our Ashes live their wonted Fires. Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, "Oft have we...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless...

...unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless...

...unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply...the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless...

...himself, are faithfully drawn in his own poetical picture,"23 and goes on to quote the Swain's words: 'Oft have we seen him at the Peep of Dawn 'Brushing...the Dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland Lawn. There at the Foot of yonder nodding Beech That wreathes its old fantastic Roots so high, 'His listless...