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Fix this textJuly 15, 1942.
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textJeppelts
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Fix this textS TOKE POGES CHURCHYARD, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
Fix this textWHEREVER the English tongue is spoken the
Fix this textlittle Churchyard of Stoke Poges must be
Fix this textvery hallowed ground. Here repose the mortal
Fix this textremains of Thomas Gray, two of whose poems *
Fix this text“Elegy in a Country Churchyard” and “Ode on a
Fix this textDistant Prospect of Eton College”—will endure
Fix this textso long as the language itself. The “Elegy is
Fix this textthe more widely known. It was after its publica-
Fix this texttion, under somewhat curious circumstances in
Fix this text1751 Gray was at once raised to a foremost place
Fix this textamong English poets, a position the passing of
Fix this textthe years has not affected. Gray, besides being
Fix this texta great poet, was a scholar of the highest attain-
Fix this textments. Witness, for instance, his last publication
Fix this text(1765) of some paraphrases from Gaelic and
Fix this textIcelandic sources. The year before he had been
Fix this textoffered, but declined, the laureateship. The
Fix this textappearance of his paraphrases was contempo-
Fix this textraneous with his appointment as Professor of
Fix this textModern Literature and Modern Languages at
Fix this textCambridge University. The charm, magic and
Fix this textpopularity of Gray’s work may be said to have
Fix this texttheir foundations in some of his simplest efforts
Fix this text—those on his old Eton playground and the
Fix this text“Elegy,” in which in all revisions he sought to bind
Fix this textits simple harmony with the themes. The late Dr.
Fix this textHenry Morley pointed out how Gray expunged
Fix this textclassicism:
Fix this text“In one familiar stanza he put Hampden in
Fix this textthe place of Gracchus, or some other ancient
Fix this textworthy. Milton and Cromwell for Tully and
Fix this textCaesar improved the lines —
Fix this text‘Some mute inglorious Tully here may rest,
Fix this textSome Caesar guiltless of his country’s blood.
Fix this textThe first stanza of the “Elegy” is familiar to every
Fix this textschoolboy and -girl, beginning “The curfew tolls
Fix this textthe knell of parting day.” In the “Distant Pros-
Fix this textpect” are lines which have given us a familiar
Fix this textproverb:
Fix this text“Where ignorance is bliss
Fix this textTis folly to be wise.”
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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