This poem asks "Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?" before lamenting that "Full many a gem of purest ray serene, / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear."
This poem asks "Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?" before lamenting that "Full many a gem of purest ray serene, / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear." This poem claims that "The paths of glory lead but to the grave" and later describes how one of the people in the title location may be "Some mute inglorious Milton" or "Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood." The first stanza describes how "The plowman homeward plods his weary way" after "the curfew tolls the knell of parting day." Name this Thomas Gray poem set in a cemetery.
This poem asks "Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death?" before lamenting that "Full many a gem of purest ray serene, / The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear."
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"