...stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spell'd by th' unletter'd Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she...

...that expressed itself in Gray's beautiful lines, both better and happier than this ? — " Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and graceless sculpture deck'd, Demands the passing tribute of a sigh. « • * * " Their names, their...

...maddening crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learnt to stray ; Along the cool sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenour of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes...

...a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. I DO not think it a fantastic notion, beyond an ordinary imagination, that I liken each human being...

...a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some...sculpture deck'd, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. I DO not think it a fantastic notion, beyond an ordinary imagination, that I liken each human being...

...stray ; Along the cool, sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial,...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked. Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse....

...stray, Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by the unlettered Muse,...

...trees, and among moss-covered gravestones, " the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." " Yet c'eti these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh." Hard by stands the church. The ivy has crept quite...

...stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial...nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture decked, Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. 80 Their name, their years, spelt by th' unlettered...

...see? There will be plenty of stories, plenty from now on, plenty to tell the priest. Soledad Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial...sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. — Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Church- Yard" I pulled myself together, of course. What...