"The paths of glory lead but to the grave" - Who phrased this line?

• "The paths of glory lead but to the grave" - This line is phrased by - Thomas Gray.

• An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751):
- Thomas Gray রচিত একটি Elegy বা শোকগাঁথা এটি।
- A meditative poem written in iambic pentameter quatrains published in 1751.
- ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের অন্যতম সেরা রত্নভান্ডার বলা যেতে পাারে এই সাহিত্যটিকে।
- A meditation on unused human potential, the conditions of country life, and mortality, An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard is one of the best-known elegies in the language.
- এখানে মূলত কবরস্থানে বসে একজন বর্ণনাকারী অত্যন্ত করুন এবং স্পষ্ট ভাষায় তার চারপাশের বর্ণনা দিয়ে যাচ্ছে ।

• Thomas Gray: (1716-71):
- He is called the Graveyard Poet.
- he belongs to the Age of Sensibility of English Literature.

• Famous works:
- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751),
- Alexander's Feast,
- Ode to Adversity,
- The Bard,
- Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.

• His famous quotations:

• 'When Ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.'
• 'Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.'
• 'The paths of glory lead but to the grave'

Source: Britannica.com & ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের ইতিহাস: ড. শীতল ঘোষ।