The complete online text of An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript by Thomas Gray.

The English poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771) expressed deep and universal human feelings in forms derived from Greek and Roman literature. Although his output was small, he introduced new subject matter for poetry. Thomas Gray was born on Dec. 26, 1716, of m...

Thomas Gray is generally considered the second most important poet of the eighteenth century (following the dominant figure of Alexander Pope) and the most disappointing. It was generally assumed by friends and readers that he was the most talented poet...

Thomas Gray is generally considered the second most important poet of the eighteenth century (following the dominant figure of Alexander Pope) and the most disappointing. It was generally assumed by friends and readers that he was the most talented poet...

The Medieval Church in Manuscripts. By justin Clegg. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. 64 pp. $19.95 (paper). The culminating sentence of Clegg's book aptly sums up the rationale behind his project: "the wealth of images provided in medieval manuscripts is not only...

"A Funerall Elegie" addressed to William Peter, published in 1612 and attributed by some scholars to William Shakespeare, was possibly written by William Sclater, an Anglican minister. The elegy's tone, imagery, literary allusions and themes suggest an Puritan author living in the West Country....