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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]