Transcript in the hand of
William Mason
, headed "Fragment of
an Ode found amongst Mr. Grays papers after his
decease and here
transcribed from the corrected Copy", wanting ll. 17-20 and
accompanied by a list of "Variations in the first copy", in
Gray's
Commonplace Book, vol. III, 1097-1100. Ll. 21-24 and
69-96 were composed by
Mason
.