"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: English
• First 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.0290 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: "Progress of poesy"
  • Date: 3rd August 1824
  • Physical Description: transcript (ll. 83-94) in the hand of R. Barneby, 1 page
  • Language: English
  • Location: PR2752 1823e copy 2 v.1 Sh.Col., front endleaf 2v (a), Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., USA <http://www.folger.edu/>
  • References: Nelson (ed.), Union First Line Index. Dec. 2012. Folger Shakespeare Library. 15 February 2013. <http://firstlines.folger.edu/detail.php?id=295129>
  • 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."