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of Ross, or his works. But in the summer of 1813, he was more fortunate, the intelligent clerk of the parish, pointed out to him the particular objects of his enquiry.-He saw with satisfaction a stone effigy of Mr. Kyrle, in the chancel of the church, with a suitable inscription; a tree which was planted by him has thrown out a sucker which now flourishes within the chancel.

ODE

ON A DISTANT VIEW OF ETON COLLEGE,

"Ye distant spires, ye antique tow'rs

That crown the wat❜ry glade,

Where grateful Science still adores

Her Henry's holy shade;

And ye, that from the stately brow

Of Windsor's height, the expanse below

Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey,

Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among

Wanders the hoary Thames along

His silver-winding way.—

Ah happy hills, ah pleasing shade,

Ah fields belov'd in vain,

Where once my careless childhood stray'd

A stranger yet to pain!—

I feel the gales, that from you blow
A momentary bliss bestow,

As waving fresh their gladsome wing,
My weary
soul they seem to sooth,
And redolent of joy and youth,

To breathe a second Spring."

Gray.

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This is a very long sentence in which the verb feel is taken out of its proper place, and put into a distant part of 'the sentence, so that it is difficult for a young person to find out the meaning of the poet. Gray, the author of this

poem, means to express the pleasure, which he felt, after he had grown up to be a man, in seeing Eton College, where he had been at school, and where he had been happy; he addresses himself to the spires and towers of Eton and Windsor (which is close to Eton) as if they were animated beings, and tells them that he feels the fragrant wind that breathes from them revive his

spirits like spring, when flowers perfume the air; he tells these spires, and towers, and groves, and streams, that he loved them whilst in his childhood, he strayed among them before he was exposed to the cares of manhood; -the following words and phrases may be thus explained.

Antique-ancient, which were built a great while ago-the word antique is employed instead of ancient, because it is a word less frequently used in conversation, and is therefore more proper for creating respect than a word in

common use.

Crown-Kings wear crowns as a mark of their high rank-to crown, therefore, means metaphorically to adorn and dignify.

Glade-is an opening between woods; the glades near Windsor are

frequently overflowed by the Thames, and are, therefore, called watery glades.

Grateful science.-Science or knowledge is here introduced as a female, and the feeling of gratitude is attributed to her, towards Henry the Sixth, the founder of Eton College-Henry VI. was a prince remarkably pious; he is therefore called holy.

And ye-meaning the spires and towers of Windsor.

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Expanse extended plain-expanse comes from expand, to stretch. Silver-winding. This is a compound epithet formed or compounded of two different words--winding and silversilver is here used as an adjective instead of silvery-shining like silver ;a compound epithet of this sort could not with propriety be used in prose

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