Digital Library
The Archive's digital library holds digital versions of important primary literature, currently comprising printed works and audio-visual media, but will ultimately include Gray's manuscripts.
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- 1751:
An Elegy wrote in a Country Church Yard. London: R. Dodsley,
1751.
[11p., b/w page images; see Northup 492.] - 1753: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.
- 1st edition [47p., b/w page images; see Northup 178.]
- 2nd edition [92p., colour page images; see Northup 178.]
- 1757:
Odes by Mr. Gray. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.
[19p., b/w page images; see Northup 180.] - 1768: Poems by Mr. Gray. London: J. Dodsley,
1768.
- 1st edition [126p., colour page images; see Northup 52.]
- A new edition [126p., b/w page images; see Northup 53.]
[8p., b/w page images; see Northup 1401.]
[536p., b/w page images; see Northup 13.]
Published works
Poems
- Editions of Gray's poems
- 1747:
An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. London: R. Dodsley,
1747.
[8p., e-text; see Northup 1326.] - 1751:
An Elegy wrote in a Country Church Yard. London: R. Dodsley,
1751.
[11p., b/w page images; see Northup 492.] - 1753: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.
- 1st edition [47p., b/w page images; see Northup 178.]
- 2nd edition [92p., colour page images; see Northup 178.]
- 1757:
Odes by Mr. Gray. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.
[19p., b/w page images; see Northup 180.] - 1762:
An ELEGY written in a Country Church Yard. With an HYMN to Adversity. By
Mr. Gray. London: J. James, 1762.
[8p., b/w page images; see Northup 183.] - 1765:
A Collection of Poems in six volumes. By several
hands. London: J. Dodsley, 1765 [1st ed. 1758].
[47p., b/w page images; see Northup 186.] - 1768: Poems by Mr. Gray. London: J. Dodsley,
1768.
- 1st edition [126p., colour page images; see Northup 52.]
- A new edition [126p., b/w page images; see Northup 53.]
- 1747:
An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. London: R. Dodsley,
1747.
- 1768:
Poems by Mr. Gray. Glasgow: R. and A. Foulis, 1768.
[68p., b/w page images; see Northup 56.] - 1768:
Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: William Sleater, 1768.
[199p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 54.] - 1768:
Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Cork: William Flyn, M.DCC.LXVIII.
[90p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 55.] - 1769:
Ode performed in the Senate-house at Cambridge...
Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1769.
[8p., b/w page images; see Northup 1401.] - 1771:
Poems by Mr. Gray. A new edition. London: B. Long and T. Pridden, 1771.
[106p., b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup or Starr.] - 1771:
Poems by Thomas Gray. Dublin: Thomas Ewing, M.DCC.LXXI.
[74p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 58.] - 1773:
Poems by Mr. Gray. Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis
Printers to the University M.DCC.LXXIII.
[61p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 60.] - 1773:
Poems by Mr. Gray. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Balfour and
W. Creech. M,DCC,LXXIII.
[65p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 59.] - 1774?:
The Candidate: By Mr. Gray. [Strawberry Hill: Strawberry Hill Press, 1774.]
[2p., b/w page images.] - 1775:
The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and
Writings by W. Mason. York[; London]: J. Todd; J. Dodsley, 1775.
[112p., b/w page images; see Northup 13.] - 1775:
The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and
Writings by W. Mason. Dublin: D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts..., 1775.
[52p., colour page images; see Northup 15.] - 1775:
Poems by Mr. Gray. A new edition. Edinburgh: A. Donaldson, 1775.
[156p., b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup or Starr.] - 1775:
Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775 [1st ed. 1768].
[248p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 62.] - 1776:
Poems by Mr. Gray. A new edition. London: J. Murray, 1776.
[150p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 63. See also John Murray's Letter to W. Mason, A.M. (1777).] - 1778:
POEMS by Mr. GRAY. A new edition. London: J. Murray, 1778.
[158p., colour page images; see Northup 65] - 1782:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray [and Richard West]. Edinburg: Apollo Press, 1782.
[110p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 69a.] - 1786:
POEMS. By Mr. Gray. A new edition. London: J. Murray, 1786.
[178p., colour page images; see Northup 70] - 1787?:
The Grave, by Robert Blair; to which is added Gray's Elegy. London:
Scatcherd & Whitaker, [1787].
[54p., b/w page images; see Northup 533.] - 1798:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: Ann Lemoine, 1798.
[70p., b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup, Starr, or ESTC.] - 1799:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: C. Cooke, [1799].
[79p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 92?] - 1799:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, LL.B. London: [C. Whittingham] For
J. Scatcherd, 1799.
[247p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 84.] - 1800:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, LL.B. Second edition. London:
C. Whittingham, 1800 [1st
ed. 1799].
[287p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 85.] - 1800:
The Poems of Gray. A new edition. Adorned with plates. London:
F. J. Du Roveray, 1800.
[200p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 86.] - 1805:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: W. Suttaby &
C. Corral, 1805.
[101p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 92?] - 1807:
The Works of Thomas Gray... To which are added, Memoirs of His Life and
Writings, by W. Mason, M.A., vol. I. The third edition, carefully corrected. London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. Walker; Longman, Hurst, Rees,
and Orme; J. Murray; and J. Booker, 1807.
[124p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 17.] - 1814:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: J. Walker et al., 1814.
[65p., b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup or Starr.] - 1814: The Works of Thomas Gray ... to which are subjoined Extracts
philological poetical and critical from the author's original manuscripts.
Vol. I. Selected and arranged by Thomas James Mathias. London: William Bulmer, 1814.
[654p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 18.] - 1816:
The Works of Thomas Gray. Vol. I. containing The Poems, with critical
notes; A Life of the Author; and an Essay on his Poetry; By the Rev. John Mitford. London: J. Mawman, 1816.
[433p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 19.] - 1826:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: John Sharpe, 1826.
[172p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 110.] - 1835-43:
The Works of Thomas Gray. Volume I. Ed. by the Rev. John
Mitford. London: William Pickering, 1836.
[363p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 30.] - 1879:
Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. London: Chiswick Press, 1879.
[437p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 37c.] - 1891:
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: English and Latin. Edited with an
Introduction, Life, Notes, and a Bibliography by John Bradshaw. London: George
Bell & Sons, 1891.
[388p., e-text; see Northup 170.]
- English
- French
- 1788:
Élégie composée dans un cimetière de
campagne, traduite en françois, vers pour vers, de l'anglois de Gray,
par P. G. D. B. ... On y a joint une traduction de la même
piéce, en vers latins, par un membre de l'Université de
Cambridge. Croydon: imprimié aux dépens du traducteur
françois et se vend chez T. Hookham; P. Elmsly; C. Dilly; J. de Boffe;
J. Hall; R. Hawes, Croydon; et chez le traducteur ou meme lieu, 1788.
[25p., b/w page images; see Northup 742.] - 1798:
Poésies de Gray. A Paris, chez LEMIERRE, ..., An VI. [1798]
[188p., colour page images; see Northup 81.]
- 1788:
Élégie composée dans un cimetière de
campagne, traduite en françois, vers pour vers, de l'anglois de Gray,
par P. G. D. B. ... On y a joint une traduction de la même
piéce, en vers latins, par un membre de l'Université de
Cambridge. Croydon: imprimié aux dépens du traducteur
françois et se vend chez T. Hookham; P. Elmsly; C. Dilly; J. de Boffe;
J. Hall; R. Hawes, Croydon; et chez le traducteur ou meme lieu, 1788.
- Greek
- 1793: Elegeia Thomæ Gray, græcè reddita. [trans. John Norbury.]
Etonæ: excudit T. Pote... 1793.
[14p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 785.] - 1794: Elegeia Thomæ Gray græce reddita. Curavit B. E. Sparke, A.M.
Londini: excudebat J. Nichols. 1794.
[24p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 548.] - 1794: Της
ελεγειας, ην Θωμας Γραιος ... εν κοιμητηριω αγροικω εζεχυσε μεταφρασις
ελληνικη [trans. Charles Coote]. Londini: typis Josephi Cooper impressus
est hic libellus; ... 1794.
[24p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 547.] - 1795:
Elegia Grayiana Græce, accedit etiam Epitaphium in Ecclesia
Episcopali Bristoliensi et Græce redditum, interprete Edvardo Tew,
A. M. Coll. Etonens. Londini: e typographeo J. Nichols; veneunt apud
R. Faulder. 1795.
[34p., b/w page images; see Northup 551.]
- 1793: Elegeia Thomæ Gray, græcè reddita. [trans. John Norbury.]
Etonæ: excudit T. Pote... 1793.
- Italian
- 1772:
Elegia Inglese, del signor Tommaso Gray, sopra un cimitero di campagna,
trasportata in verso italiano dall' [Abate Melchior Cesarotti]. Padua: Giuseppe Comino, 1772.
[23p., b/w page images; see Northup 796.] - 1775:
Elegia scritta in Cimiterio di Campagna. [By Abbate Crocchi of Sienna.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 153-166.
[See Northup 62.] - 1775:
Elegia inglese del signor Tommaso Gray, sopra un cimitero di campagna trasportata in versi latini, e volgari. [By G. Costa and G. Gennari, respectively, 1772.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 189-211.
[See Northup 62.] - 1776:
Elegia di Tommaso Gray, poeta inglese, per esso scritta in un cimitero
campestre, tradotta in versi italiani [da Giuseppe Torelli]. Verona: Gli
Eredi di Agostino Carattoni, 1776.
[22p., b/w page images; see Northup 799.] - 1784:
Poesie Liriche di Gray, trasportate dall'inglese nel verso
italiano dal Dr. M. Lastri. Firenze: Nella Stamperia di
Francesco Moücke MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
[112p., colour page images; see Northup 352.]
- 1772:
Elegia Inglese, del signor Tommaso Gray, sopra un cimitero di campagna,
trasportata in verso italiano dall' [Abate Melchior Cesarotti]. Padua: Giuseppe Comino, 1772.
- Latin
- 1762:
ELEGIA scripta in COEMETERIO RUSTICO Latinè Reddita. [By Christopher Anstey, and William Hayward Roberts.]
Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis excudebat J. Bentham. ... M.DCC.LXII. [1762.]
[20p., colour page images; see Northup 820.] - 1775:
Carmen Elegiacum. In coemeterio rustico compositum. [By Robert Lloyd, 1762.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 115-125.
[See Northup 62.] - 1775:
Elegia, scripta in Coemeterio Rustico. Latine reddita. [By Christopher Anstey and William Hayward Roberts, 1762.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 126-151.
[See Northup 62.] - 1775:
Elegia inglese del signor Tommaso Gray, sopra un cimitero di campagna trasportata in versi latini, e volgari. [By G. Costa and G. Gennari, respectively, 1772.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 189-211.
[See Northup 62.] - 1775:
THE BARD. A Pindaric Poem, by MR. GRAY. Translated into Latin verse. [By R. Williams, rector of Machynlleth.]
Chester: Printed by Poole, Barker, and Co. in Foregate-street. M.DCC.LXXV. [1775.]
[28p., colour page images; see Northup 409.] - 1775:
ODE PINDARICA, pro Cambriæ vatibus, Latino carmine reddita. [By Edward Burnaby Greene.]
Cantabrigiae, MDCCLXXV. Prostat venalis apud Richardum Matthews, Bibliopolam. [1775.]
[14p., colour page images; see Northup 434.] - 1776:
ELEGIA in Cæmeterio Rustico scripta, Numeris Elegiacis Latinè Reddita. [By Gilbert Wakefield.]
London: Printed for J. Nicholson, in Cambridge; ... MDCCLXXVI. ... [1776.]
[26p., colour page images; see Northup 825.] - 1778:
ELEGIA scripta in COEMETERIO RUSTICO A. Thoma Gray Latinè
Reddita. [By Christopher Anstey and William Hayward Roberts.]
Londini: Prostant vanales apud J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall. M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778.]
[20p., colour page images; see Northup 820.] - 1786:
Elegia Scripta in Sepulchreto Rustico, Latine Reddita. &c. [By J. Wright.]
London: Veneunt apud T. Lewis, in vico dicto, Russell-Street, et
B. White, Fleet-Street. M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786.]
[24p., colour page images; see Northup 826.] - 1788:
Élégie composée dans un cimetière de
campagne, traduite en françois, vers pour vers, de l'anglois de Gray,
par P. G. D. B. ... On y a joint une traduction de la même
piéce, en vers latins, par un membre de l'Université de
Cambridge. Croydon: imprimié aux dépens du traducteur
françois et se vend chez T. Hookham; P. Elmsly; C. Dilly; J. de Boffe;
J. Hall; R. Hawes, Croydon; et chez le traducteur ou meme lieu, 1788.
[25p., b/w page images; see Northup 742.] - 1791:
Poesie Inglesi di Alessandro Pope di Jacopo Thompson di Tommaso Gray con la traduzione in varie lingue.
[Italian by Ab. Cesarotti, Latin by Joanne Costa.]
[Venice]: [s.n.], MDCCXCI. [1791.]
[27p., colour page images; see Northup 544.]
- 1762:
ELEGIA scripta in COEMETERIO RUSTICO Latinè Reddita. [By Christopher Anstey, and William Hayward Roberts.]
Cantabrigiæ: Typis Academicis excudebat J. Bentham. ... M.DCC.LXII. [1762.]
- 1775:
Ode on Ranelagh. Addressed to the Ladies. Being a Parody on Mr. Gray's
celebrated Ode on a distant Prospect of Eton College. [By Henry James Pye, 1763.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 177-186.
[See Northup 62.] - 1775:
The Bard: a Burlesque Ode. Written by R. Lloyd and G. Colman. [1760.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 199-211.
[See Northup 62.] - 1775:
An Evening Contemplation in A College. Being A Parody on the Elegy in a Country Church-Yard. [By John Duncombe, 1753.] Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775, 187-197.
[See Northup 62.] - 1776:
A Parody on Gray's Elegy. By An Oxonian. [An Evening Contemplation in a
College. By John Duncombe.] London: J. Wheble, 1776.
[11p., b/w page images; see Northup 898.] - 1797?: To Mr. GRAY, on his ODES. By David Garrick. [Twickenham: printed
at the Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, 1797? (1st ed. 1757).]
[2p., e-text.]
Prose Works
- 1787:
A Supplement to the Tour Through Great-Britain, containing a Catalogue of
the antiquities, houses, parks, plantations, scenes, and situations, in England
and Wales... By The Late Mr. Gray... To which are now added, by another Hand,
Several Additions... London: G. Kearsley, 1787.
[128p., b/w page images; see Northup 465.] - 1814: The Works of Thomas Gray ... to which are subjoined Extracts
philological poetical and critical from the author's original manuscripts.
Vol. II. Selected and arranged by Thomas James Mathias. London: William Bulmer, 1814.
[654p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 18.] - 1835-43:
The Works of Thomas Gray. Volume IV. "Criticisms on Architecture and Painting during a Tour in Italy". Ed. by the Rev. John Mitford.
London: William Pickering, 1836.
[81p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 30.] - 1911:
Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray. Edited with Introduction and
Notes by Clark Sutherland Northup. Boston and London: D. C. Heath & Co.,
1911.
[436p., e-text; see Northup 336.] - 2011:
Notes on a Tour through France and Italy undertaken in the Years 1739 to
1741 by Thomas Gray. Transcribed and edited by W.G. Roberts. Penrith:
Northern Academic Press, 2011 [1st ed. Carlisle: The Colophon Press, 2003].
[185p., e-text/PDF.]
Letters
- 1775:
The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and
Writings by W. Mason. York[; London]: J. Todd; J. Dodsley, 1775.
[416p., b/w page images; see Northup 13.] - 1775:
The Poems of Mr. Gray. To which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and
Writings by W. Mason. Dublin: D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts..., 1775.
[480p., colour page images; see Northup 15.] - 1807:
The Works of Thomas Gray... To which are added, Memoirs of His Life and
Writings, by W. Mason, M.A., vols. I./II. The third edition, carefully corrected. London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; J. Walker; Longman, Hurst, Rees,
and Orme; J. Murray; and J. Booker, 1807.
[192p./340p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 17.] - 1814: The Works of Thomas Gray ... to which are subjoined Extracts
philological poetical and critical from the author's original manuscripts.
Vol. I. Selected and arranged by Thomas James Mathias. London: William Bulmer, 1814.
[654p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 18.] - 1816:
The Works of Thomas Gray. Vol. II. containing The Letters; with
important additions and corrections from His Own Manuscripts. Selected and
edited by the Rev. John Mitford. London: J. Mawman, 1816.
[609p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 19.] - 1819: The
Letters of Thomas Gray, chronologically arranged from the Walpole and
Mason Collections. 2 vols. in one. London: J. Sharpe, 1819.
[378p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 1224.] - 1835-43:
The Works of Thomas Gray. Volumes II-V. Ed. by the Rev. John Mitford.
London: William Pickering, 1835-43.
[1296p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 30, 31.] - 1853:
The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, with notes and
illustrations by the Rev. John Mitford. London: Richard Bentley, 1853.
[530p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 1236.] - 1890:
Gray and his Friends: Letters and Relics, in great part hitherto
unpublished, edited by Duncan C. Tovey. Cambridge: University Press, 1890.
[329p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 45.] - 1900-1912:
The Letters of Thomas Gray, including the correspondence of Gray and
Mason, edited by Duncan C. Tovey, editor of "Gray and His Friends," etc.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1900-1912.
[1290p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 1226.] - 1915:
The Correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West and Ashton (1734-1771), in
two volumes, chronologically arranged and edited with introduction, notes, and
index by Paget Toynbee. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915.
[875p., b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 1248.]
Audio-visual media
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"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" [e-text]
- Unabridged version read by Michael Burrell (run time: 9 min 35 sec):
- Abridged version read by Sir Michael Redgrave (ll. 1-20, 29-36, 41-48, 57-76, 93-104, 109-116; run time: 4 min 43 sec):
"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" [e-text]
- Unabridged version read by Michael Burrell (run time: 2 min 20 sec):
"Sonnet [on the Death of Mr Richard West]" [e-text]
- Unabridged version read by Michael Burrell (run time: 1 min 24 sec):