John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4195 Thomas Gray 1716-1771 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4195 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| QUOTATION: | Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learn’d to stray; Along the cool sequester’d vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 19. |
| Note 1. Usually quoted “even tenor of their way.” [back] |