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1、ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyardThomasGrayThecurfewtollstheknellofpartingday,Thelowingherdwindsslowlyo'erthelea,Theploughmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome.Nowfadestheglimmeringlandscapeonthesight,Andalltheairasolemnstillnessholds,Savewherethebeetlewheelshisdroning
2、flight,Anddrowsytinklingslullthedistantfolds:Savethatfromyonderivy-mantledtowerThemopingowldoestothemooncomplainOfsuchas,wanderingnearhersecretbower,Molestherancientsolitaryreign.Beneaththoseruggedelms,thatyew-tree'sshade,Whereheavestheturfinmanyamoulderingheap,Eachinhisnarrowcellforeverlaid,
3、TherudeForefathersofthehamletsleep.Thebreezycallofincense-breathingmorn,Theswallowtwitteringfromthestraw-builtshed,Thecock'sshrillclarion,ortheechoinghorn,Nomoreshallrousethemfromtheirlowlybed.Forthemnomoretheblazinghearthshallburn,Orbusyhousewifeplyhereveningcare:Nochildrenruntolisptheirsire
4、'sreturn,Orclimbhiskneestheenviedkisstoshare,Oftdidtheharvesttotheirsickleyield,Theirfurrowoftthestubbornglebehasbroke;Howjocunddidtheydrivetheirteamafield!Howbow'dthewoodsbeneaththeirsturdystroke!LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,Theirhomelyjoys,anddestinyobscure;NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainf
5、ulsmileTheshortandsimpleannalsofthePoor.Theboastofheraldry,thepompofpower,Andallthatbeauty,allthatwealthe'ergave,Awaitsaliketh'inevitablehour:-Thepathsofgloryleadbuttothegrave.Noryou,yeProud,imputetothesethefaultIfMemoryo'ertheirtombnotrophiesraise,Wherethroughthelong-drawnaisleandfrettedvaul
6、tThepealinganthemswellsthenoteofpraise.CanstoriedurnoranimatedbustBacktoitsmansioncallthefleetingbreath?CanHonour'svoiceprovokethesilentdust,OrFlatterysoothethedullcoldearofDeath?PerhapsinthisneglectedspotislaidSomeheartoncepregnantwithcelestialfire;Hands,thattherodofempiremighthavesway'd,Orw
7、akedtoecstasythelivinglyre:ButKnowledgetotheireyesheramplepage,Richwiththespoilsoftime,didne'erunroll;ChillPenuryrepress'dtheirnoblerage,Andfrozethegenialcurrentofthesoul.FullmanyagemofpurestraysereneThedarkunfathom'dcavesofoceanbear:Fullmany
