In another poem, this man famously eulogized a favorite cat that drowned in a tub of goldfish, though he is better known for a poem which proclaimed that "the paths of glory lead but to the grave," and began with the curfew tolling the knell of parting day.
This man's nonfiction work includes an "Essay on Norman Architecture," as well as a discussion of God in his "Essay on the Philosophy of Lord Bollingbroke." This writer told of "soft Reflection's hand" tracing "smiles on past Misfortune's brow" in an "Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitudes," while his "The Bard," is a Pindaric ode honoring the Welsh. In another poem, this man famously eulogized a favorite cat that drowned in a tub of goldfish, though he is better known for a poem which proclaimed that "the paths of glory lead but to the grave," and began with the curfew tolling the knell of parting day. Famous for penning the lines, "Where ignorance is bliss/ 'tis folly to be wise," in "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eaton College," for ten points, identify this English poet best known for his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."
This man's nonfiction work includes an "Essay on Norman Architecture," as well as a discussion of God in his "Essay on the Philosophy of Lord Bollingbroke."
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