"The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode"
Archive Work ID: poems.pppo
Uniform Title: "The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode" [e-text]
First Line: Awake, Aeolian lyre, awake, Language: EnglishFirst Published: 1757
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 12-17; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 155-177
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 .
1 Manuscript:
Archive MS ID: mss.0140 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: [untitled]
Date: [29 December 1756]
Physical Description: 1 page; autograph , partial [ll. 1-24]Language: EnglishLocation: HM 21913 , Department of Manuscripts, The Huntington ,
San Marino, CA, USA <https://www.huntington.org/library-collections> References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 116, 90; Toynbee/Whibley (eds.), Correspondence (1971), letter no. 231, vol. ii, 490-492 (subscription required); Starr, "Gray's Craftsmanship" (1946), particularly pp. 422-424Contents: Autograph, here untitled, of ll. 1-24, in a letter to Edward Bedingfield , [29 December 1756] .