Project Gutenberg 2005-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 103 Gray, Thomas 1716 1771 52002949 An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript Produced by David Starner, Diane Monico and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript" by Thomas Gray is a distinguished poem categorized as an elegy, which was written during the early to mid-18th century. The poem explores themes of mortality, the nature of existence, and the dignity of the unnoticed and untold lives of the rural poor. It reflects an era that values both the simplicity of life in the countryside and the introspective nature of poetic expression. In the elegant verses of the poem, Gray contemplates a quiet country churchyard, where he meditates on the lives and deaths of the ordinary people buried there. He addresses the harsh realities of life, recognizing that many noble souls may remain unrecognized due to their humble origins. Through rich imagery and emotional depth, he reveals the universal truth of humanity: that everyone, regardless of status, ultimately faces the same fate of death. The poem concludes with an epitaph that encapsulates the essence of the uncelebrated individual, reflecting on the quiet virtue and sincere emotions that define their existence. Gray's work resonates deeply with readers, inviting contemplation on legacy, memory, and the value of simple lives lived with integrity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 67079 67102 2024-09-07T05:10:48.497707 2023-09-07T07:08:31.894751 text/html text/html 64412 2020-12-14T07:56:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 764128 2020-12-14T07:56:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 896277 2024-09-07T05:10:54.376695 application/epub+zip 893168 2024-09-07T05:10:51.337653 application/epub+zip 86803 2024-09-07T05:10:50.153599 application/epub+zip 1080133 2024-09-07T05:10:56.434576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1075949 2024-09-07T05:10:53.468603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 111513 2022-09-07T21:35:57.251281 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 51362 51261 2024-09-07T05:10:48.112609 2023-09-07T07:08:31.556752 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 51198 2020-12-14T07:56:39 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 20963 2020-12-14T07:56:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 51189 2020-12-14T07:56:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20943 2020-12-14T07:56:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19902 2024-09-07T05:10:56.572569 application/rdf+xml 24345 2024-09-07T05:10:50.506621 image/jpeg 4514 2024-09-07T05:10:50.327613 image/jpeg 839331 2024-09-07T05:10:48.527600 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia