Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
Thomas Graywas an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge University. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 December 1716
laughter laughing woe
And moody madness laughing wild Amid severest woe.
feet ballet cadence
To brisk notes in cadence beating, glance their many-twinkling feet.
eye men race
To Contemplation's sober eye. / Such is the race of Man.
shrimp
I shall be but a shrimp of an author.
voice dust honor
Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?
passing sigh tribute
Implores the passing tribute of a sigh.
good-intentions hell intention
Hell is full of good intentions.
spring progress brooks
From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take.
ocean dark caves
Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
aisle anthem note vault
Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault / The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
method
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
english-poet
He gave to misery (all he had) a tear.