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'Six Poems By Mr Gray L.L.B. of Pembroke Hall In Cambridge', 1757

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/GRA/5/2

Scope and Contents

Transcription of 'Designs By Mr. R. Bentley, For Six Poems By Mr. T. Gray' made by William Grettton of Peterhouse College (m. 1754) with 2 Scottish poems also included ('Gill Morrice A Scottish Ballad', originally published c. 1755 and 'Hardy Knute A Fragment' by Elizabeth Wardlaw and first published in 1719).

Gray Poems

  1. 'Ode on [the] Spring'
  2. 'Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat'
  3. 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College'
  4. 'A Long Story'
  5. 'Hymn to Adversity'
  6. 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard'

Dates

  • Creation: 1757

Creator

Extent

1 volume(s)

Former reference

LC II 89.2

Custodial History

At the back of the volume is a custodial history of the book.

Related Materials

See GBR/1058/GRA/5/1 for a printed copy of 'Hymn to Adversity'.

Physical Description

Bound in contemporary red morocco gilt with the Royal Arms.

Repository Details

Part of the Pembroke College Library and Archive Repository

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Pembroke College
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