Numerous quotable lines from this poem include "Far from the madding crowd," "The paths of glory lead but to the grave," and "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day."
This poem's author added (exactly) three notes describing borrowing of phrases from Dante and Petrarch. This poem's original ending describes a "silent Tenour of thy Doom" instead of a "Youth to Fortune and Fame unknown" written in an "Epitaph" for the speaker himself. This poem's second section imagines a (*) "hoary-headed swain" guiding a "kindred spirit" to the speaker's grave. Numerous quotable lines from this poem include "Far from the madding crowd," "The paths of glory lead but to the grave," and "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day." For 10 points, name this poem set in a cemetery, an "elegy" by Thomas Gray.
This poem's author added (exactly) three notes describing borrowing of phrases from Dante and Petrarch.
“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”