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Quotation from Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray
“(There they alike in trembling Hope repose) The Bosom of his Father and his God.”
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, The Epitaph, lines 127-128 (1751 first edition)
The poem's last lines commit both the youth's merits and his frailties to God in reverent hope.
Citation: "(There they alike in trembling Hope repose) The Bosom of his Father and his God." — Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, The Epitaph, lines 127-128 (1751 first edition). (id elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard-q8)
Portrait: Richard Bentley Elegy header, Bentley, Richard, Public domain.
