Read the excerpt. on some fond breast the parting soul relies, some pious drops the closing eye requires; even from the tomb the voice of nature cries, even in our ashes live their wonted fires. in these lines from “elegy written in a country churchyard” by thomas gray, what does the speaker suggest about the need to be remembered after death? only the famous and powerful want to be remembered. people would rather forget those who have passed before them. no one feels the need to be remembered once they’ve passed on. all people want to be mourned and remembered after death.