...to those in the boat with him of the poet Gray, and his Elegy in a Country Churchyard, saying, " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow ; " and y :PK while the oars struck the river as it rippled under the flowing tide, he repeated : The...

...feeling, repeated nearly the whole of the Elegy to an officer who sat with him in the stern, adding that " he would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow." ' John Playfair's Works, 1822, iv. 126. 3 'JOHNSON. His Elegy has a happy selection of images, but...

...glory leads but to the grave." " Now, gentlemen," said Wolfe, as he closed the verse, " I would prefer the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow." In the darkness, sixteen hundred troops landed at Wolfe's Cove, and others speedily followed. The general...

...the capture of Quebec was given in the "Quarterly Review," vol. 94, page 36, in these words : — " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of taking Quebec to-morrow." In the " Leisure Hour," page 60, the name of Wolfe is misspelt so as to read...

...Gray and the " Elegy in a Country Churchyard." Wolfe, who was a great lover of poetry, remarked: " I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow;" then, as the boat glided in silence through the darkness, he repeated: "The boast of heraldry, the...

...of the boat nearly the whole of Gray's "Elegy in a Country Churchyard," adding as he concluded, "I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French tomorrow. ' ' Perhaps no finer compliment was ever paid by the man of action to the man of imagination, and,...

...while visiting his ships the night before the taking of Quebec, spoke of Gray's Elegy, and said, "I would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow." And he then repeated the stanza beginning, "The boast of heraldry." The form of the poem is perfect....

...that had been lately sent to him from England. It was Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. "I would prefer being the author of that poem, to the glory of beating the French to-morrow!" he exclaimed. The courage that made it possible for him to think of poetry, amid the excitement of...

...those in the boat with him of the poet Gray, and the ( Elegy in a Country Churchyard. ' " I, " said he, "would prefer being the author of that poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow ; " and, while the oars struck the river as it rippled in the silence of the night air under the flowing...

...Same. 1854. HU, colu, YU Gray's Elegy and other poems. | The | poetical works | of Thomas Gray. | "I would prefer being the author of that Poem to the glory of beating the French to-morrow." — | GENERAL WOLFE, the night before the capture of Que- \ bee, Sept. 13, 1759. | "Poetry, poetry,...