Thomas Gray -'ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD'

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ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD'
By Thomas Gray


It is believed that Gray wrote his masterpiece, the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, in the graveyard of the church in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire in 1750. The poem was a literary sensation when published by Robert Dodsley in February 1751 and has made a lasting contribution to English literature. Its reflective, calm and stoic tone was greatly admired, and it was pirated, imitated, quoted and translated into Latin and Greek. It is still one of the most popular and most frequently quoted poems in the English language. Before the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, British General James Wolfe is said to have recited it to his officers, adding: "Gentlemen, I would rather have written that poem than take Quebec tomorrow". The poem's famous depiction of an "ivy-mantled tow'r" could be a reference to the early-mediaeval St. Laurence's Church in Upton, Slough.

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[JamesFrankly1]

Old skool to the max

[mrmagicroundcircle]

@seventiesclassic disgusting should be ashamed of yourself

[abymon222]

@teraniel11 read the text and it is easy

[sweetgypsywife]

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

[hLoOoVpE]

This is great! well done, it helps a lot for memorization for a recitation for english literature.

[Poldark3]

This is heavenly to listen to.i adore this type of poetry.

[ciroalb3]

No, it is not easy to understand for non-English speakers, even for native speakers, but it is beautiful, perfect Georgian language. Only Shakespeare can compare.

[seventiesclassic]

Too complex for you ?

Try this..

The boy stood on the burning deck

His pockets full of Crackers

A spark flew up his trouser leg

And blew off both his knackers.

How's that?

[teraniel11]

The poem is not that easy to comprehend!!!