 | John Reid - Poetry - 2005 - 153 pages
...complain Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Where heaves the...in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-bearing Morn, The... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 272 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.... | |
 | Peter Hühn, Jens Kiefer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 276 pages
...those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, 1 5 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,... | |
 | Robert Lee - History - 2006 - 262 pages
...effectively celebrated the stasis of rural community: 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 . . . Let not Ambition mock their useful toil. Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur... | |
 | Frank H. Ellis - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 244 pages
...the critic was obviously thinking of lines 13-16: Beneath those rugged Elms, that Yewtree's Shade, Where heaves the Turf in many a mould'ring Heap, Each...for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the Hamlet sleep, and in the second instance he was thinking of the familiar opening stanzas of the poem. The... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 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,... | |
 | Richard D. Bladwin - 2006 - 241 pages
..."Elegy", his favorite poem, echoed in his mind: Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade, Here heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call on incense-breathing Morn,... | |
 | K. D. M. Snell - History - 2006
...you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bun/ my dead out ofnnI sight.^ Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.2 Anyone who looks at gravestones in church or chapel burial grounds will observe a very frequent... | |
 | Donald Hall - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 276 pages
...field at Stoke Poges that Thomas Gray celebrated: 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 eighteenth century in England produced a whole school of graveyard poets. Gray the latest... | |
 | Nancy Bogen - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 426 pages
...reign. Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mold'ring 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,... | |
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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, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from... 
