Poems, [ca. 1725]-1771
"The Candidate" Archive Work ID: poems.cand
Uniform Title: "The Candidate" [e-text]
First Line: When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugged up his face Language: English First Published: [1774?] or 1777
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 78-79; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 243-252
Summary: Written between January and March 1764 when Lord Sandwich 's campaign for the post of High Steward at Cambridge was at its height. First(?) printed, ll. 1-32, entitled "The Candidate: By Mr. Gray" in [1774?] by Walpole at his Strawberry Hill Press. Published, ll. 1-32, untitled, in the London Evening Post , February 1777 .
1 Manuscript:
Archive MS ID: mss.0025 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: "On Lord Sandwich's canvass for the high stewardship of the University of Cambridge"
Date: [1783?]
Physical Description: [?] pages; transcript in an unidentified hand Language: EnglishLocation: Portland Papers, Vol. XX, f. 62, Library and Archives, Longleat House ,
Warminster, UK <http://www.longleat.co.uk/longleat-house> References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), 80Contents: Transcript in an unidentified hand.
"On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t" Archive Work ID: poems.oxst
Uniform Title: "On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t" [e-text]
First Line: Old and abandoned by each venal friend, Language: English First Published: 1769
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 53; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 259-264
Summary: Written while on a visit to William Robinson in Denton, Kent , in June 1768 . First published, anonymously without Gray 's consent, as "Inscription for the Villa of a decay'd Satesman [sic] on the Sea-Coast", in The New Foundling Hospital for Wit (London, 1769 ) iii. 34-35.
1 Manuscript:
Archive MS ID: mss.0129 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: [?]
Date: [1782?]
Physical Description: [?] pages; transcript in an unidentified hand Language: EnglishLocation: Portland Papers, Vol. XIX, f. 222, Library and Archives, Longleat House ,
Warminster, UK <http://www.longleat.co.uk/longleat-house> References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), 89Contents: Transcript in an unidentified hand.
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Collection: Poems, [ca. 1725]-1771Location: Longleat HouseWorks: 2
Manuscripts: 2