The POETICAL WORKS Of THOMAS GRAY, English and Latin. Illustrated.; Including 'An Original Life of Gray' by Rev. John Mitford, M.A. 'Introductory Stanzas' by Rev. John Moultrie, M.A. 'A Lecture on the Writings of Gray' by the Right Hon. The Earl of Carlisle.
Eton: E. P. Williams, 1854. 5th edition. c, 142 pp. Illustrated with 15 plates. 4to. 5 5/8" x 8 7/8". Contemporary green polished half-calf with marbled boards & eps. TEG. VG (spine sunned/bit of extremity wear/bpt of F. Manly Sims). Item #18954
Gray "was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.
Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined. His writing is conventionally considered to be pre-Romantic but recent critical developments deny such teleological classification." [Wiki].
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