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5 hours ago · Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (1751) reflects a shift towards romantic themes of nature and the common man’s life, albeit still within a neoclassical structure. Robert Burns (1759-1796):
1 day ago · The poets include Thomas Gray (1716–1771), Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751) in and Edward Young (1683–1765), The Complaint, or Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality (1742–45). Other precursors are James Thomson (1700–1748) and James Macpherson (1736–1796).
3 days ago · Nonetheless poems like 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' used lots of words that even then were not 'every day language'. Which word for 'flocks' was left out here: 'Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant ______.'
2 days ago · The third house was standing empty in 1777, and only two were mentioned by Anna Seward in 'Lichfield: an elegy' written in 1781: We mark the villa, rising near the lake, And fairer she, that 'midst the verdant brake, From sultry gleams, and wintry tempest shrill, Stands softly curtained on the eastern hill.
1 day ago · Memorial: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" Jun 2, 2023. For Memorial Day: "In Flanders Fields" May 29, 2023. King Arthur, in "The Holy Grail" May 12, 2023.
3 days ago · The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex, hand-written in an unknown script referred to as ' Voynichese .'. [18] The vellum on which it is written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438). Stylistic analysis has indicated the manuscript may have been composed in Italy during the Italian Renaissance.
1 day ago · "Can Honour’s voice provoke the silent dust…"Extract from poem 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', by Thomas Gray. The earthly remains of an innocent man, executed by hanging in Mountjoy jail; same having been located within the prison grounds, were handed over to his family last week. Yesterday, Sunday July 7th, 2024 same remains were
