Select the correct answer. This excerpt from Thomas Gray's
"An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" expresses the pralse stage of an elegy. What does It praise?
Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke;
How jocund did they drive their team afield!
How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdalnful smile,
The short and simple annals of the poor.
® A.
the courageous and defiant personallties of country folk
B.
the physical effort and determination of country folk
O C.
the hardworking natures
and humility of country folk
O D. the simple and minimalistic lifestyle of country folk