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Thomas Gray

Born

in London, England

December 26, 1716

Died

July 30, 1771

Genre

Poetry, History

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Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.

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	An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard 4.01 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 1751 — 317 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751) and The Eton College Manuscript 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2009 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard and Other Poems 3.63 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1901 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes 3.66 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1748	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1878 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poems 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bard by Thomas Gray, John Talbot 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1757 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gray and Collins: Poetical Works by Thomas Gray, William Collins, Roger Lonsdale (Editor) 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1919 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The complete English poems of Thomas Gray (The Poetry bookshelf) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Thomas Gray, William James Rolfe (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”
― Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

tags: flower, human-potential, life, sweetness, waste

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“Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.

- Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College”
― Thomas Gray, Gray and Collins: Poetical Works

tags: childhood, ignorance, knowledge, nostalgia, youth

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“Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.”
― Thomas Gray, Selected Poems

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