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Quotation from Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
“The short and simple Annals of the Poor.”
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 8, line 32 (1751 first edition)
Ambition and Grandeur are warned not to look down on the modest record of village lives.
Citation: "The short and simple Annals of the Poor." — Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 8, line 32 (1751 first edition). (id elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard-q2)
Portrait: Richard Bentley Elegy header, Bentley, Richard, Public domain.
