THE PATHS OF GLORY LEAD BUT TO THE GRAVE: ENJOY THE PRESENT :THOMAS GREY

The boast of heraldry, the pump of power ,the beauty of the body and the wealth of material possessions can't save anyone from death .Death is a great leveller. It spares none. It is the biggest fact of life which one can't deny .Everyone high or low, rich or poor or whatever cast of creed on whatever reason or religion, has to go to death one day or the other .There is a poem called elegy written in a country churchyard by Thomas Grey that pays tribute and respect to the Dead By fulfilling the only Desire they had before their deaths and their Desire is universally common. It is desired to be remembered after death .He wants to see some pious tears in the eyes of the person. He is starting from the desire to be remembered lives even after that, even the Ashes lying under the Tomb animated with their Desire .The poet calls this desire the voice of nature. the poet remembers his friend that died young. thus the paths of Glory lead but to the grave so pompous attitude is short lived.