The boast of heraldry the pomp of power
- DMI number:
- 35264
- First Line:
- The boast of heraldry the pomp of power
- Last Line:
- The paths of glory lead but to the grave
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Graveyard school and Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Death and Hopelessness / vanity of life
- Author:
- Thomas Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard', Lonsdale (1969): 103-141.
- Title:
- Solitary walks; to which are added the consolations of religion [N24695] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- Solitary walks; to which are added the consolations of religion [T81041] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
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