Thomas Gray (1716–1771) English poet, historian
St. 9 <br class="br"> Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard http://www.thomasgray.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?text=elcc (written 1750, publ. 1751)
“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
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