Thomas Gray

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Works in ECPA

alphabetical listing / listing in source editions

• Agrippina, a Tragedy ()
• The Alliance of Education and Government. A Fragment ()
• The Candidate ()
• [Caradoc] ()
• The Characters of the Christ-Cross Row, By a Critic, To Mrs — ()
• [Conan] ()
• [Couplet about Birds] ()
• The Death of Hoel From Aneurin, Monarch of the Bards, extracted from the Gododin ()
• THE DESCENT OF ODIN: AN ODE. (); The Descent of Odin. An Ode (From the Norse-Tongue,) in Bartholinus, de causis contemnendae mortis; Hafniae, 1689, Quarto. Upreis Odinn allda gautr, &c. ()
• An ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. (); Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard ()
• [Epitaph on a Child] ()
• [Epitaph on Mrs Clerke] ()
• [Epitaph on Mrs Mason] ()
• [Epitaph on Sir William Williams] ()
• THE FATAL SISTERS: AN ODE. (); The Fatal Sisters. An Ode (From the Norse-Tongue,) in the ORCADES of Thormodus Torfaeus; Hafniae, 1697, Folio: and also in Bartholinus. Vitt er orpit fyrir valfalli, &c. ()
• HYMN to ADVERSITY. (); Ode to Adversity ()
• [Hymn to Ignorance. A Fragment] ()
• Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5: ()
• [Imitated] From Propertius. Lib: 2: Eleg: 1. ()
• [Impromptus] ()
• [Invitation to Mason] ()
• [Lines on Dr Robert Smith] ()
• Lines on the Accession of George III ()
• [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern] ()
• [Lines Written at Burnham] ()
• A Long Story ()
• ODE AT THE INSTALLATION OF HIS GRACE AUGUSTUS HENRY FITZROY, DUKE OF GRAFTON, CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY. JULY 1, MDCCLXIX. (); Ode for Music ()
• An ODE On a distant Prospect of ETON COLLEGE. (); Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College ()
• ODE on the Death of a Favourite CAT, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes. (); Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes ()
• [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude] ()
• ODE. (); The Bard. A Pindaric Ode ()
• ODE. (); Ode on the Spring ()
• ODE. (); The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode ()
• On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t ()
• [Parody on an Epitaph] ()
• Satire on the Heads of Houses; or, Never a Barrel the Better Herring ()
• [Sketch of his Own Character] ()
• Song I ()
• Song II ()
• Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West] ()
• Stanzas to Mr Bentley ()
• [Tophet] Inscription on a Portrait ()
• [Translation from Dante, Inferno Canto xxxiii 1-78] ()
• [Translation from Statius, Thebaid VI 646-88, 704-24] ()
• [Translation from Statius, Thebaid IX 319-26] ()
• [Translation] From Tasso [Gerusalemme Liberata] Canto 14, Stanza 32-9 ()
• THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT. (); The Triumphs of Owen. A Fragment from Mr. Evans's Specimens of the Welch Poetry; London, 1764, Quarto. ()
• [Verse Fragments] ()
• William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York ()

• Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. II. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.002)
  • An ODE On a distant Prospect of ETON COLLEGE.
  • ODE.
  • ODE on the Death of a Favourite CAT, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes.
• Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. IV. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.004)
  • An ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD.
  • HYMN to ADVERSITY.
• Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. VI. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.006)
  • ODE.
  • ODE.
• Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1136; OTA K093079.003)
  • ODE AT THE INSTALLATION OF HIS GRACE AUGUSTUS HENRY FITZROY, DUKE OF GRAFTON, CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY. JULY 1, MDCCLXIX.
  • THE FATAL SISTERS: AN ODE.
  • THE DESCENT OF ODIN: AN ODE.
  • THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN: A FRAGMENT.
• Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. Thomas Gray: English poems. Web. Oxford: Thomas Gray Archive, 2002. http://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems.shtml
  • [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern]
  • [Translation from Statius, Thebaid VI 646-88, 704-24]
  • [Lines Written at Burnham]
  • [Translation] From Tasso [Gerusalemme Liberata] Canto 14, Stanza 32-9
  • [Translation from Dante, Inferno Canto xxxiii 1-78]
  • Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5:
  • Agrippina, a Tragedy
  • [Imitated] From Propertius. Lib: 2: Eleg: 1.
  • Ode on the Spring
  • Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
  • Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West]
  • Ode to Adversity
  • [Hymn to Ignorance. A Fragment]
  • Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
  • The Alliance of Education and Government. A Fragment
  • [Tophet] Inscription on a Portrait
  • Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
  • A Long Story
  • Stanzas to Mr Bentley
  • The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode
  • The Bard. A Pindaric Ode
  • [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude]
  • [Epitaph on Mrs Clerke]
  • [Epitaph on a Child]
  • The Fatal Sisters. An Ode (From the Norse-Tongue,) in the ORCADES of Thormodus Torfaeus; Hafniae, 1697, Folio: and also in Bartholinus. Vitt er orpit fyrir valfalli, &c.
  • The Descent of Odin. An Ode (From the Norse-Tongue,) in Bartholinus, de causis contemnendae mortis; Hafniae, 1689, Quarto. Upreis Odinn allda gautr, &c.
  • The Triumphs of Owen. A Fragment from Mr. Evans's Specimens of the Welch Poetry; London, 1764, Quarto.
  • The Death of Hoel From Aneurin, Monarch of the Bards, extracted from the Gododin
  • [Caradoc]
  • [Conan]
  • [Sketch of his Own Character]
  • [Epitaph on Sir William Williams]
  • Song I
  • Song II
  • The Candidate
  • William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York
  • [Epitaph on Mrs Mason]
  • [Parody on an Epitaph]
  • [Invitation to Mason]
  • On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t
  • Ode for Music
  • [Translation from Statius, Thebaid IX 319-26]
  • [Verse Fragments]
  • [Impromptus]
  • [Couplet about Birds]
  • [Lines on Dr Robert Smith]
  • Satire on the Heads of Houses; or, Never a Barrel the Better Herring
  • The Characters of the Christ-Cross Row, By a Critic, To Mrs —
  • Lines on the Accession of George III

Source editions

• Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. II. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.002)
• Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. IV. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.004)
• Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. VI. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.006)
• Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1136; OTA K093079.003)
• Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. Thomas Gray: English poems. Web. Oxford: Thomas Gray Archive, 2002. http://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems.shtml

Bibliography

DMI 1642; ODNB 11356; NCBEL 42, 577, 1780; DLB 109

Manuscripts

• Huber, Alexander. Thomas Gray Manuscripts: An Integrated Finding Aid. Thomas Gray Archive. Thomas Gray Archive, 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2016. http://www.thomasgray.org/resources/findaid.shtml.
• Smith, Margaret M. Index of English Literary Manuscripts. Vol. III, 1700-1800 . London: Mansell, 1986-1997. Pt. 2 Gay-Philips. 71-116. Print. 4 volumes.

Editions

• Huber, Alexander, ed. Poems. Thomas Gray Archive. Thomas Gray Archive, 2002. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://www.thomasgray.org/texts/poems.shtml.
• Lonsdale, Roger, ed. The Poems of Gray, Collins and Goldsmith. London and Harlow: Longmans, 1969. Print.
• The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper; including the Series Edited, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Dr Samuel Johnson: and the most approved translations. The Additional Lives by Alexander Chalmers, F.S.A. Vol. XIV. London: J. Johnson et al., 1810. 135-158. Google Books edition. Web. 13 Feb. 2016. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ofNLAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA135

Concordance

• Huber, Alexander. Concordance. Thomas Gray Archive. Thomas Gray Archive, 2002. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://www.thomasgray.org/resources/concordance.shtml.

Biography

• Huber, Alexander. Biography. Thomas Gray Archive. Thomas Gray Archive, 2004. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. http://www.thomasgray.org/resources/bio.shtml.
• Mack, Robert L. Thomas Gray: a life. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 2000. Print.

Bibliography

• Huber, Alexander. Bibliography. Thomas Gray Archive. Thomas Gray Archive, 2018. Web. 12 Jun. 2018. http://www.thomasgray.org/resources/bibyr.shtml.
• McKenzie, Alan T. and B. Eugene McCarthy. Selected Bibliography: Thomas Gray (1716-1771). c18 Bibliographies On-Line. Ed. Jack Lynch. Rutgers University, Newark, 14 Dec. 2001. Web. 20 Jan. 2012. http://jacklynch.net/C18/biblio/gray.html.
• Thomson, Heidi. Thomas Gray 1716-1771. Thomas Gray Archive. Thomas Gray Archive, 2010. Web. 12 Jun. 2013. http://www.thomasgray.org/resources/thomsonbib.shtml.

Reference works

• Baines, Paul, Julian Ferraro, Pat Rogers, eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 154-156. Print.
• Fairer, David. English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century 1700-1789. Longman Literature in English Series. Harlow: Longman, 2003. 272-273. Print.
• Mell, Jr., Donald C. English Poetry, 1660-1800: a guide to information sources. American Literature, English Literature, and World Literatures in English Information Guide Series, vol. 40. Detroit: Gale, 1982. 238-251. Print.
• Radcliffe, David H., ed. Thomas Gray (1716-1771). Spenser and the Tradition: ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830. Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech, 2006. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908014740/http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?recordid=33062.
• Suarez, Michael F. Gray, Thomas. A Collection of Poems by Several Hands [1782]. Ed. Robert Dodsley and Michael F. Suarez. Vol. I. London: Routledge/Thoemmes, 1997. 157-158. Print. 6 volumes.