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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 4.02 avg rating — 1,303 ratings — published 1751 — 5 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 4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2009 — 25 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 3.65 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1901 — 77 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 — 58 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 — 37 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 3.71 avg rating — 21 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) 3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1919 — 37 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
	Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray, Harold Bloom (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991	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 Poetical Works Of Thomas Gray 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1824 — 187 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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Quotes by Thomas Gray (?)

“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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