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It was while on his homeward journey that he composed his famous Latin poem , the “ Alcaic Ode , ” : inspired by the magnificent scenery in Dauphiny , France . A few weeks after his return his father died , and he went with his mother ...
It was while on his homeward journey that he composed his famous Latin poem , the “ Alcaic Ode , ” : inspired by the magnificent scenery in Dauphiny , France . A few weeks after his return his father died , and he went with his mother ...
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xii The year 1753 was an eventful one in Gray's life , as it witnessed the publication of his first volume of verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he was ...
xii The year 1753 was an eventful one in Gray's life , as it witnessed the publication of his first volume of verse , under the title Six Poems , and the death of his mother , for whom he mourned the rest of his life , as he was ...
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... of Gray's poems ; Thomas Gray , by William L. Phelps , in The Athenĉum Press Series . ... by Arthur C. Benson , in Essays ; The Theory of Poetic Expression : Gray , by William C. Roscoe , in Poems and Essays ; Gray and his School ...
... of Gray's poems ; Thomas Gray , by William L. Phelps , in The Athenĉum Press Series . ... by Arthur C. Benson , in Essays ; The Theory of Poetic Expression : Gray , by William C. Roscoe , in Poems and Essays ; Gray and his School ...
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| Title | Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard and Other Poems Macmillian's pocket American and English classics |
| Author | Thomas Gray |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1909 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 268 pages |
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