grayt.ead.0001-mss.0161 Thomas Gray Manuscripts: An Inventory at the Thomas Gray Archive. Alexander Huber Thomas Gray Archive 2006 Catalogued in EAD 2002 by Alexander Huber, Editor, Thomas Gray Archive, 2005- English grayt.ead.0001-mss.0161#did0001 mss.poems Poems [ca. 1725]-1771 poems.stbe Stanzas to Mr Bentley In silent gaze the tuneful choir among, 1775 Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 98 Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 152-155

Written probably in 1752 in recognition of Richard Bentley's drawings for the 1753 edition, the publication of which Horace Walpole was overseeing. First published in Mason's Memoirs (1775), 227-228.

mss.0161 poems.stbe [?] [17??] [?] transcript in the hand of James Beattie 250 mm x 200 mm MS 30/44 (Copies of the poems of Thomas Gray) Historic Collections Special Libraries and Archives, King's College UABD Smith (ed.), Index (1989), 92 Sutton (ed.), Location Register (1995), 414 Ellner, June, "Re: MS 30/44, James Beattie papers". E-mail to the editor, 20 December 2006

Transcript in the hand of James Beattie , annotated in his hand "These verses were written in compliment to Mr Bentley for the designs which he drew to several of Mr Gray's poems, and which were engraved by Grignion , and published by Dodsley . Those persons who have only seen the graved prints will be inclined to think the panegyrick outreé. The Drawings themselves in the possession of Mr Walpole have undoubtedly much more merit. The original M.S. is unfortunately torn at the bottom which occasions a chasm in the last stanzas."