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1、"ELEGYWRITTENINACOUNTRYCHURCH-YARD"Thecurfewtollstheknellofpartingday,Thelowingherdwindsslowlyo'erthelea,Theploughmanhomewardplodshiswearyway,Andleavestheworldtodarknessandtome.Nowfadestheglimmeringlandscapeonthesight,Andalltheairasolemnstillnessholds,Savewh
2、erethebeetlewheelshisdroningflight,Anddrowsytinklingslullthedistantfolds:Savethatfromyonderivy-mantledtowerThemopingowldoestothemooncomplainOfsuchas,wanderingnearhersecretbower,Molestherancientsolitaryreign.Beneaththoseruggedelms,thatyew-tree'sshade,Wherehea
3、vestheturfinmanyamoulderingheap,Eachinhisnarrowcellforeverlaid,TherudeForefathersofthehamletsleep.Thebreezycallofincense-breathingmorn,Theswallowtwitteringfromthestraw-builtshed,Thecock'sshrillclarion,ortheechoinghorn,Nomoreshallrousethemfromtheirlowlybed.Fo
4、rthemnomoretheblazinghearthshallburn,Orbusyhousewifeplyhereveningcare:Nochildrenruntolisptheirsire'sreturn,Orclimbhiskneestheenviedkisstoshare,Oftdidtheharvesttotheirsickleyield,Theirfurrowoftthestubbornglebehasbroke;Howjocunddidtheydrivetheirteamafield!Howb
5、ow'dthewoodsbeneaththeirsturdystroke!LetnotAmbitionmocktheirusefultoil,Theirhomelyjoys,anddestinyobscure;NorGrandeurhearwithadisdainfulsmileTheshortandsimpleannalsofthePoor.Theboastofheraldry,thepompofpower,Andallthatbeauty,allthatwealthe'ergave,Awaitsaliket
6、h'inevitablehour:-Thepathsofgloryleadbuttothegrave.Noryou,yeProud,imputetothesethefaultIfMemoryo'ertheirtombnotrophiesraise,Wherethroughthelong-drawnaisleandfrettedvaultThepealinganthemswellsthenoteofpraise.CanstoriedurnoranimatedbustBacktoitsmansioncallthef
7、leetingbreath?CanHonour'svoiceprovokethesilentdust,OrFlatterysoothethedullcoldearofDeath?PerhapsinthisneglectedspotislaidSomeheartoncepregnantwithcelestialfire;Hands,thattherodofempiremighthavesway'd,Orwakedtoecstasythelivinglyre:ButKnowledgetotheireyesheram
8、plepage,Richwiththespoilsoftime,didne'erunroll;ChillPenuryrepress'dtheirnoblerage,Andfrozethegenialcurrentofthesoul.FullmanyagemofpurestraysereneThedarkunfathom'dcavesofoceanbear:Fullmanyaflower
