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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. By Thomas Gray. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight,
Alongside Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray is one of the most important English poets of the 18th century. Samuel Johnson was the first of many critics to put forward the view that Gray spoke in two languages, one public and the other private, and that the private language—that of his best-known and most-loved poem, "Elegy Written in a Country ...
Elizabeth Woodville. Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, KG (1455 – 20 September 1501 [1] [2]) was an English nobleman, courtier and the eldest son of Elizabeth Woodville and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby. Her second marriage to King Edward IV made her Queen of England, thus ...
Thomas Grey, séptimo barón Ferrers de Groby, I conde de Huntingdon, y I marqués de Dorset, fue un noble inglés, cortesano y el hijo mayor de Isabel Woodville y su esposo Sir Juan Grey de Groby. Su segundo matrimonio con el rey Eduardo IV la hizo reina consorte de Inglaterra, elevando así el estado de Grey en la corte y en el reino como el hijastro del rey. A través de los diligentes ...
18 de nov. de 2021 · Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, classical scholar and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge, best known for his poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. While Gray is regarded as the foremost English-language poet of the mid-18th century, he was very self-critical and published only ...
The Exeter-born teacher of the harpsichord and singing master, Thomas Billington (1754-1832), composed this operatic setting of the ‘Elegy’, using music that he had composed as well as reworkings of the work of other composers. For most of his career, Billington taught and worked in London. Billington’s notation for Gray’s Elegy.
The Progress of Poesy: A Pindaric Ode. I.1. And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. Drink life and fragrance as they flow. The rocks and nodding groves rebellow to the roar. I.2. Oh! Sovereign of the willing soul, And frantic Passions hear thy soft control.
