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"Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5:"

    • Archive Work ID: poems.imp3
    • Uniform Title: "Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5:" [e-text]
    • First Line: Love, gentle power, to peace was e'er a friend:
    • Language: English
    • First Published: 1814
    • References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 67-69; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 25-27
    • Summary: Written at London in December 1738. First published, except ll. 1-4 and 57-58, as "Propertius. Lib.3.Eleg.4" in Mathias (ed.), Works (1814), vol. II, 85-86, ll. 1-4 first published in Gosse (ed.), Works (1884), vol. i, 151.

    1 Manuscript:

      • [MS image]Archive MS ID: mss.0080 (Source: EAD/XML)
      • Title: "Imitated from Propertius, Lib: 3: Eleg: 5:"
      • Date: December 1738
      • Physical Description: 2 pages; autograph fair copy
      • Language: English
      • Location: GBR/1058/GRA/1, Commonplace Book, Vol. I, 96-97, College Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge, Cambridge, UK <http://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/>
      • Alternate Form: Microfilm copy available in Poetic Commonplace Books and Manuscripts of Thomas Gray, 1716-1771, from Pembroke College, Cambridge (1999), reel one
      • References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 66, 85; Poetic C. B., Pembroke College (1999), 22; Martin, Chronologie (1931), 137
      • Contents: Autograph fair copy, in Gray's Commonplace Book, vol. I, 96-97.
      • Surrogates: Digital facsimile [JPEG] from original MS available online.

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