Thomas Gray
1716–1771
Best-known poems
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
The next with dirges due in sad array
Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him born.
Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, … -
The Bard
A Pindaric Ode
I.
“RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! … -
The Progress of Poesy
awake, Æolian lyre, awake,
And give to rapture all thy trembling strings,
From Helicon's harmonious springs …
All poems (17)
- Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardThe next with dirges due in sad array
- Elegy written in a Country ChurchyardThe Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
- Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton CollegeYe distant spires, ye antique towers
- Ode on the Pleasure Arising from VicissitudeNow the golden Morn aloft
- On a Distant Prospect of Eton CollegeYe distant spires, ye antique towers,
- On a Favourite Cat, Drowned in aTub of Gold FishesTwas on a lofty vase's side,
- SpringLo! where the rosy-bosomed Hours,
- The BardA Pindaric Ode
- The Curse upon EdwardWeave the warp, and weave the woof,
- The Descent of Odin. An OdeUprose the King of Men with speed,
- The Progress of Poesyawake, Æolian lyre, awake,
In French 4
- Le Cimetière de campagneLe jour fuit ; de l’airain les lugubres accents
- Les ValkyriurVoilà que la tempête avance – avance – avance ;
- Ode. Sur la mort d’une chatte favorite noyée dans un bassin de dorades chinoisesLe monde est lumineux, la brise est fraîche et pure,
- Sur une vue lointaine du collège d’EtonClochers lointains ! antiques Tours !
