Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to… — Thomas Gray
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard · 1751
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Gray, Thomas. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard." Elegy Written In Country Churchyard and Other Poems. Penguin Classics, 2009.
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Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. London: Robert Dodsley, 1751.
