'Perhaps in the neglected spot is laid, Some hearts once pregnant with celestial five; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre, these lines are taken from the poem _____?
'Perhaps in the neglected spot is laid, Some hearts once pregnant with celestial five; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre, these lines are taken from the poem _____?
Explanation
These lines are taken from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray.
The stanza reflects on the unrecognized potential of people buried in a quiet graveyard — possibly capable of greatness but lost to obscurity.