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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.

Quick Links to Key Editions

  • 1751: An Elegy wrote in a Country Church Yard. London: R. Dodsley, 1751.
        [11 b/w page images; see Northup 492.]
  • 1753: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.
  • 1757: Odes by Mr. Gray. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.
        [19 b/w page images; see Northup 180.]
  • 1768: Poems by Mr. Gray. London: J. Dodsley, 1768.
  • 1769: Ode performed in the Senate-house at Cambridge... Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1769.
        [8 b/w page images; see Northup 1401.]
  • 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.

Published works

Poems

  • Editions of Gray's poems
    • 1747: An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. London: R. Dodsley, 1747.
          [8 page e-text; see Northup 1326.]
    • 1751: An Elegy wrote in a Country Church Yard. London: R. Dodsley, 1751.
          [11 b/w page images; see Northup 492.]
    • 1753: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.
    • 1757: Odes by Mr. Gray. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1757.
          [19 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.
          [8 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].
          [47 b/w page images; see Northup 186.]
    • 1768: Poems by Mr. Gray. London: J. Dodsley, 1768.
    • 1768: Poems by Mr. Gray. Glasgow: R. and A. Foulis, 1768.
          [68 b/w page images; see Northup 56.]
    • 1768: Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: William Sleater, 1768.
    • 1768: Poems by Mr. T. Gray. Cork: William Flyn, M.DCC.LXVIII.
          [90 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 55.]
    • 1769: Ode performed in the Senate-house at Cambridge... Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1769.
          [8 b/w page images; see Northup 1401.]
    • 1771: Poems by Mr. Gray. A new edition. London: B. Long and T. Pridden, 1771.
          [106 b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup or Starr.]
    • 1771: Poems by Thomas Gray. Dublin: Thomas Ewing, M.DCC.LXXI.
          [74 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.
          [61 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 60.]
    • 1773: Poems by Mr. Gray. Edinburgh: Printed for J. Balfour and W. Creech. M,DCC,LXXIII.
          [65 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 59.]
    • 1774?: The Candidate: By Mr. Gray. [Strawberry Hill: Strawberry Hill Press, 1774.]
          [2 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.
    • 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.
          [52 colour page images; see Northup 15.]
    • 1775: Poems by Mr. Gray. A new edition. Edinburgh: A. Donaldson, 1775.
      • 1st edition [156 b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup or Starr.]
      • 1st edition [170 colour page images; not in Northup or Starr.]
    • 1775: Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: W. Sleater, 1775 [1st ed. 1768].
          [248 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 62.]
    • 1776: Poems by Mr. Gray. A new edition. London: J. Murray, 1776.
          [150 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.
          [158 colour page images; see Northup 65]
    • 1782: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray [and Richard West]. Edinburg: Apollo Press, 1782.
          [110 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 69a.]
    • 1786: POEMS. By Mr. Gray. A new edition. London: J. Murray, 1786.
          [178 colour page images; see Northup 70]
    • 1787?: The Grave, by Robert Blair; to which is added Gray's Elegy. London: Scatcherd & Whitaker, [1787].
          [54 b/w page images; see Northup 533.]
    • 1798: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: Ann Lemoine, 1798.
          [70 b/w page images/PDF; not in Northup, Starr, or ESTC.]
    • 1799: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: C. Cooke, [1799].
          [79 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 92?]
    • 1799: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, LL.B. London: [C. Whittingham] For J. Scatcherd, 1799.
          [247 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].
          [287 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.
    • 1805: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: W. Suttaby & C. Corral, 1805.
          [101 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.
    • 1814: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: J. Walker et al., 1814.
          [65 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.
    • 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.
    • 1821: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: John Sharpe, 1821.
          [192 colour page images; see Northup 105.]
    • 1826: The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: John Sharpe, 1826.
    • 1835-43: The Works of Thomas Gray. Volume I. Ed. by the Rev. John Mitford. London: William Pickering, 1836.
    • 1863: Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. London: Chiswick Press, 1863.
          [451 colour page images; see Northup 37c.]
    • 1879: Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray. London: Chiswick Press, 1879.
          [437 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.
          [388 page e-text; see Northup 170.]
  • Translations of Gray's poems (see also the Gray's "Elegy" in translation-project page)
    • English
      • 1775: The Latin Odes of Mr. Gray, in English verse, with An Ode on the Death of a favorite Spaniel [by E. B. G.]. London: J. Ridley, 1775.
    • 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.
            [25 b/w page images; see Northup 742.]
      • 1798: Poésies de Gray. A Paris, chez LEMIERRE, ..., An VI. [1798]
            [188 colour page images; see Northup 81.]
      • 1830: Poésies anglaises. Beattie, Rogers, Campbell, Southey, Goldsmith, Gray, Montgomery, Wordsworth, Kirke White, Moss, Carter. Traduction nouvelle, avec notices. Par MM. J.B.A. Soulié et E. Henrion. [Gray only.] Paris. Bureau de la Bibliotheque Choisie, ... 1830.
            [18 colour page images; see Northup 763.]
    • Greek
      • 1785: Aristotelis de poetica liber, textu Gulstoniano; cum praelectione, versione, et notis editoris, Gulielmi Cooke, A. M. Accedit Elegia Grayiana graece. [Elegy only.] Cantabrigiae, Typis Academicis excudebat J. Archdeacon. ... MDCCLXXXV.
            [12 colour page images; see Northup 784.]
      • 1793: Elegeia Thomæ Gray, græcè reddita. [trans. John Norbury.] Etonæ: excudit T. Pote... 1793.
            [14 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.
            [24 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.
            [24 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.
            [34 b/w page images; see Northup 551.]
    • 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.
            [23 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.
            [22 b/w page images; see Northup 799.]
      • 1782: Elegia di Tommaso Gray poeta inglese per esso scritta in un cimitero campestre tradotta in versi italiani e ristampata da Agostino Isola mastero di lingua italiana nell' Universita di Cambridge. Sold by the Editor, and J. Deighton, Bookseller, in Cambridge. MDCCLXXXII.
            [20 colour page images; see Northup 799.]
      • 1782: Elegy written in a country church-yard. By Mr. Gray. And translated into Italian verse By J. Giannini, L.L. D. London: Printed for, and sold by, the Translator, ... M DCC LXXXII.
            [24 colour page images; see Northup 800.]
      • 1784: Poesie Liriche di Gray, trasportate dall'inglese nel verso italiano dal Dr. M. Lastri. Firenze: Nella Stamperia di Francesco Moücke MDCCLXXXIV [1784].
            [112 colour page images; see Northup 352.]
    • 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.]
            [20 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.]
            [28 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.]
            [14 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.]
            [26 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.]
            [20 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.]
            [24 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.
            [25 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.]
            [27 colour page images; see Northup 544.]
  • Imitations/Parodies/Complimentary verses
    • 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.
          [11 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).]
          [2 page 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.
        [128 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.
  • 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.
  • 1911: Essays and Criticisms by Thomas Gray. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Clark Sutherland Northup. Boston and London: D. C. Heath & Co., 1911.
        [436 page 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].
        [185 page 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.
  • 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.
        [480 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1819: The Letters of Thomas Gray, chronologically arranged from the Walpole and Mason Collections. 2 vols. in one. London: J. Sharpe, 1819.
        [378 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.
  • 1853: The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William Mason, with notes and illustrations by the Rev. John Mitford. London: Richard Bentley, 1853.
  • 1890: Gray and his Friends: Letters and Relics, in great part hitherto unpublished, edited by Duncan C. Tovey. Cambridge: University Press, 1890.
        [329 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.
        [1290 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.
        [875 b/w page images/PDF; see Northup 1248.]

Audio-visual media

Audio

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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):