"In sober state, Through the sequestered vale of rural life, The venerable patriarch guileless held The tenor of his way."
— Beilby Porteus

January 1, 1970

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AbolitionistsAcademics from the United KingdomAnglicansAnglican bishopsPeople from York
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Line 108. Compare: "They kept the noiseless tenor of their way" (alternately quoted as "the even tenor of their way"), Thomas Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 19, line 4.