Sailing with supreme dominion
Thro’ the azure deep of air.’
And in the ‘Elegy’ we have many imaginative pictures that have the true Shakespearian quality:
‘The paths of glory lead but to the grave.’
‘And shut the gates of Mercy on mankind.’
‘Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death.’
‘Along the cool sequester’d vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.’
‘Left the warm precincts of the chearful day,
Nor cast one longing, ling’ring look behind.’