Summary: Begun not earlier than September 1751 and completed by December 1754 when Gray sent the poem in a letter to Thomas Wharton, dated 26 December 1754. First published, as "Ode." in Odes by Mr. Gray (1757), 5.
Contents: Transcript of 12 lines (ll. 83-94) in the hand of R. Barneby, beginning "Far from the sun and summer gale" (III.1) and signed "R. Barneby Aug.t 3rd. 1824."