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The poems (1969)
Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
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1.
1 [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern]
2.
2 [Translation from Statius,
3.
3 [Lines on Beech Trees]
4.
4 [Translation from Tasso,
5.
5 [Translation from Dante,
6.
6 [Translation from Propertius,
7.
7 Agrippina, a Tragedy
I.
ACT I.
I.
SCENE I.
II.
SCENE II.
8.
8 [Translation] from Propertius,
9.
9 Ode on the Spring
10.
10 Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
11.
11 Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West]
12.
12 Ode to Adversity
13.
13 [Hymn to Ignorance.
14.
14 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes
15 [The Alliance of Education and Government.
I.
ESSAY I
16.
16 [Tophet]
17.
17 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
18.
18 A Long Story
19.
19 Stanzas to Mr Bentley
20.
20 The Progress of Poesy.
I.
I.
II.
II.
III.
III.
21.
21 The Bard.
I.
I.
II.
II.
III.
III.
22.
22 [Ode on the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude]
23.
23 [Epitaph on Mrs Clerke]
24.
24 [Epitaph on a Child]
25.
25 The Fatal Sisters.
26.
26 The Descent of Odin.
27.
27 The Triumphs of Owen.
28.
28 [The Death of Hoel]
29.
29 [Caradoc]
30.
30 [Conan]
31.
31 [Sketch of his Own Character]
32.
32 [Epitaph on Sir William Williams]
33.
33 Song I
34.
34 Song II
35.
35 The Candidate
36.
36 William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne,
37.
37 [Epitaph on Mrs Mason]
38.
38 [Parody on an Epitaph]
39.
39 [Invitation to Mason]
40.
40 On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t
41.
41 Ode for Music
FRAGMENTARY AND UNDATED POEMS
42.
42 [Translation from Statius,
43 [Verse Fragments]
Gratitude
(Mr Pope dead)
44 [Impromptus]
[The Bishop of Chester]
[Here lies Edmund Keene Lord Bishop of Chester]
[Here lies Mrs Keene, the Bishop of Chester]
[Here lives Harry Vane]
[When you rise from your dinner as light as before]
45.
45 [Couplet about Birds]
46.
46 [Lines on Dr Robert Smith]
47.
47 Satire on the Heads of Houses;
POEMS OF DOUBTFUL AUTHENTICITY
73.
73 The Characters of the Christ-Cross Row,
74.
74 Lines on the Accession of George III
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37 [Epitaph on Mrs Mason]
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Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die,
('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod,
Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high,
And bids the pure in heart behold their God.
The poems (1969)