Honour cannot "provoke" a twitch from the silent dust, nor can Flattery make death a thing of sweetness and light. [Thomas] Gray's questions are rhetorical, his mood solemn, severe, and stoic.He muses on the stories left untold, the people forgotten. Such hearts were "once pregnant with celestial fire." Every heart, even the lowliest, carries the spark of heavenly fire, yet many are denied the chance to shine.
from Christopher Nield: The Epoch Times: The Antidote--Classic Poetry for Modern Life: An Extract from 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'
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