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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
Related People
Author:
Thomas Gray
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from 'Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard', Lonsdale (1969): 103-141.
Content/Publication
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