Ah yes I have an affection for Thomas Gray. English Poet extraordinaire featured on the Irish curriculum. It was tough learning all that in my schooldays as there is quite a lot of it, but after having left school I learned to appreciate it and am always ready to quote it. Somehow in those religious schools when they beat something into you it stays there !!
I remember quoting a bit from it on here the other day..cant remember which thread
"The paths of glory lead but to the grave"
This certainly applied to Pugin and in his case an early grave.
Gray is buried in Stoke Poges. We went to see his grave shortly after getting off the boat from Ireland and setting up home in the capital..Im sure I mentioned this before, Im repeating myself but Im at a funny age...we went there thinking it would be a rural hamlet after studying the poem, but alas no...West London now, more or less.
