" The speaker notes that here might be a "Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood" or  "Some mute inglorious Milton."
One theory that was espoused by Frank Ellis holds that part of this poem is addressed to the "Stonecutter Poet."  This poem conjectures that for some of its subjects, "Chill Penury repressed their noble rage." The speaker of this poem hears a beetle's "droning flight" in the "solemn stillness." At one point the speaker imagines a future in which a "hoary-headed swain" is asked about speaker's fate. This poem contains an epitaph that describes "a youth to fortune and to fame unknown." The speaker notes that here might be a "Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood" or  "Some mute inglorious Milton." This poem's first line is "the curfew tolls the knell of parting day." For 10 points, name this poem by Thomas Gray.
One theory that was espoused by Frank Ellis holds that part of this poem is addressed to the "Stonecutter Poet."  
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard