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" The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. "
Longer English Poems - Page 77
edited by - 1884 - 427 pages
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, Volume 2

Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...the distant folds : Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest...mould'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...
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The Vegetable Kingdom: Illustrated ...

Botany - 1859 - 148 pages
...the spirits of the redeemed. Gray, in his beautiful elegy, assigns to these a very prominent place. "Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade,...mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." THE YEW. Perhaps the oldest tree of this kind on record...
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Poetical Works of Thomson and Gray

James Thomson - Gift books - 1861 - 480 pages
...mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The bretey call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring...echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall bum, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No...
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English sacred poetry, of the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and ...

Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...the Moon complain Of such, as wand' ring near her secret Bower, Molest her ancient solitary Beign. Beneath those rugged Elms, that Yew-tree's shade,...mould'ring Heap, Each in his narrow Cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the Hamlet sleep. The breezy Call of inccnse-hreathing Morn, The Swallow...
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Favourite English Poems: Thomson to Tennyson, 1700-1860

English poetry - 1863 - 392 pages
...that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bow'r, Molest her ancient solitary...shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Kach in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of...
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English Sacred Poetry of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and ...

Robert Aris Willmott - English poetry - 1863 - 420 pages
...Yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the Turf in many a mould'ring Heap, Each in his narrow Cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the Hamlet sleep. The breezy...from the straw-built Shed, The Cock's shrill Clarion, and the echoing Horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly Bed. 174 For them no more the blazing...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1863 - 304 pages
...modern schools. Then we have the picture of the specific subject of the poem taken more closely : — " Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade,...mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." the great stanza, and I am inclined to think not improperly...
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Lyrical gleanings from various authors, Volume 112

Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign. Beneath those...mould'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...
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The Ackworth reading book, being selections from the best English authors in ...

Ackworth sch - 1865 - 442 pages
...distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wand'ring near her secret bow'r, Molest...mould'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...
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Repetition and reading book, selections by C. Bilton

Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 pages
...ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wand'ring near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign. Beneath those rugged...mould'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...
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