Elegy written in a country church-yard . XVH35 The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide ; To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame;Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride, With incense kindled at the Muses XXX Far from the madding crowds ignoble striie,Their sober wishes never learnd to stray; Along the cool, sequesterd vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way

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