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Artist:
Thomas Gray
Gender:
male
Life Dates:
1716–1771
Birth:
1716
Death:
1771
Artwork:
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27) text by Thomas Gray
"A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83) text by Thomas Gray
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19) text by Thomas Gray
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25) text by Thomas Gray
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37) text by Thomas Gray
"At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31) text by Thomas Gray
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5) text by Thomas Gray
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45) text by Thomas Gray
"Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91) text by Thomas Gray
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61) text by Thomas Gray
"Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57) text by Thomas Gray
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65) text by Thomas Gray
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15) text by Thomas Gray
"Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85) text by Thomas Gray
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79) text by Thomas Gray
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75) text by Thomas Gray
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71) text by Thomas Gray
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99) text by Thomas Gray
"Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11) text by Thomas Gray
"My Lade rose, and with a grace– She smil'd, and bid him come to dinner..." (Design 33) text by Thomas Gray
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101) text by Thomas Gray
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59) text by Thomas Gray
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109) text by Thomas Gray
"Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97) text by Thomas Gray
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113) text by Thomas Gray
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111) text by Thomas Gray
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43) text by Thomas Gray
"The Pensive Selima, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9) text by Thomas Gray
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17) text by Thomas Gray
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49) text by Thomas Gray
"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29) text by Thomas Gray
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73) text by Thomas Gray
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." (Design 21) text by Thomas Gray
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47) text by Thomas Gray
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39) text by Thomas Gray
"Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51) text by Thomas Gray
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95) text by Thomas Gray
A Long Story; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115) text by Thomas Gray
Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63) text by Thomas Gray
Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Ode on the Spring; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Ode to Adversity; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Poems by Mr. Gray; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69) text by Thomas Gray
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89) text by Thomas Gray
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55) text by Thomas Gray
The Bard, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
The Descent of Odin, An Ode; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
The Fatal Sisters, An Ode; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107) text by Thomas Gray
The Progress of Poesy, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page text by Thomas Gray
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81) text by Thomas Gray
The Triumphs of Owen, A Fragment; Title Page text by Thomas Gray