...the sudden rattling fall, Of loosened stone, on winter nights, In his dreams the peasant frights.' 5. 'Doth efface Each day some lingering trace Of human government and human care.' 6. ' Quaintly made of cords To cast up with a pair of anchoring hooks.' 7. ' When at a word the tops...

...the thin bleached bones were bound When chance revealed them under ground. 0 Time, O ever-conquering Time ! These men had once their prime : But now succeeding...rife, We know the healthy stir of human life Must be forever gone ! The walls where huug the warriors' shining casques Are green with moss and mould ; The...

...muffled music of thy onward march, Made up of piping winds and rustling leaves And plashing raiii-drops falling from slant eaves, And all mysterious unconnected...sounds With which the place abounds. Time doth efface Eacli day some lingering trace Of human government and human care : The things of air And earth usurp...

...every meeting at St. Mary's, in Shrewsbury, was to be ' at the toll of the bell' And so it is, though Time doth efface Each day some lingering trace Of human government and human care. But though the inhabitants of the Rea side heard a good deal about the ravages which were committed...

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