...But thro' the cool sequestered vale of life Pursue the silent tenor of thy doom. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet ev'n these bones some insult...

...at 168 minutes. In Australia, the movie was released at 167 minutes. SYNOPSIS: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. — Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray (1751) In England of the...

...shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse' s flame. Far from the madding crowd' s ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned to...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. Yet even these bones from insult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh,...

...ruth: And o ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth. — John Milton, "Lycidas" 6. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...cool sequestered vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. — Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" 7. It Beareth the name...

...part of Hardy's pastoral novel. The relevant stanza (73-76) reads as follows: Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learned...sequestered vale of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way. The poem teems with echoes and reminiscences of classical Latin poetry praising...