Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed,
Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.


St. 12 - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1750)

Thomas Gray Quotes

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.

Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.