Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771)

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Gray's father was a scrivener while his mother and aunt kept a milliner's shop. He led a quiet, studious life in the main, training in law after his degree at Cambridge and then becoming a history done at Peterhouse. Gray formed a friendship with Walpole which was broken off as a result of a disagreement during a "Grand Tour of Europe" (1734-39), though they were eventually reconciled in 1745. This friendship was important to Gray's literary career and Walpole later published The Progress o.. Continue..

Some of Thomas Gray Poems

Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

Ode On The Spring

Hymn To Adversity

On The Death Of A Favourite Cat, Drowned In A Tub Of Gold Fishes

The Fatal Sisters

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	A favorite has no friend!

- Thomas Gray

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