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The poems (1969)

Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)

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31 [Sketch of his Own Character]

Too poor for a bribe and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune:
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Could love and could hate, so was thought somewhat odd;
No very great wit, he believed in a God.
A post or a pension he did not desire,
But left church and state to Charles Townshend and Squire.
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