Can Storied Urn, Or Animated Bust, Back To Its Mansion Call The Fleeting Breath?

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Can storied urn, or animated bust,
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?
Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust,
Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
-- Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 11

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