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Gray's "Elegy" in translation

Translations

  1. Armenian/հայերեն

    • Anon. (Armenian, verse, 1852)

  2. Danish/Dansk

  3. French/Français

  4. German/Deutsch

  5. Hebrew/עִבְרִית

  6. Hungarian/Magyarul

  7. Italian/Italiano

  8. Latin/Latine

  9. Polish/Polskie

  10. Portuguese/Português

  11. Romanian/Română

  12. Russian/Pусский

  13. Slovene/Slovenščini

  14. Spanish/Español

  15. Swedish/Svenska

  16. Welsh/Cymraeg

Bibliography

Primary (chronologically by language)

  1. Armenian/հայերեն
  2. Danish/Dansk
    • Lund, Christen Andersen. Landsby-Kirkegaarden. Iversen, Christian, ed. Samling af Poesier for Aaret 1785. Odense: Iversen, 1785. 142-4. (An imitation based on motives taken from Gray's poem. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Starr #170]
  3. French/Français
    • Necker, Susanne Curchod de Nasse. ÉLÉGIE Ecrite sur un Cimetière de Campagne, traduite de l'anglais de M. Gray. La Gazette littéraire. 1765. 218-225. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #739]
    • Couret de Villeneuve, Louis Pierre. ÉLÉGIE Sur un Cimétiere de Campagne, imitée de l'Anglois de M. Gray. Le Mercure de France. Nov. 1770. 265-270. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #741]
    • Guédon de Berchère, Pierre. ELEGIE. An Elegy written in a Country Church-yard, by Gray. With a French and a Latin translation in verse. Croydon: Printed for the French Translator, 1788. 5-21. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #742, Starr #172]
    • Merlin de Douai, Philippe-Antoine. IMITATION DE L'ELEGIE DE GRAY, Sur un Cimitière de Campagne. L'année littéraire. 1788. vi. 198-207. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #743]
    • F. N.. IMITATION de l'Elégie de Gray, sur un cimetière de campagne.. Le Magasin Encyelopédique 5. Paris: 1795. 538-543. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #744]
    • Grave, Jean-Hyacinthe de. Le Cimitière de Village. ÉLÉGIE DE GRAY. Le Culte des theophilanthropes 3. Basle: 1798. 66-72. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Turk (2016), 4.]
    • Dusaulchoy, J. F. N.. Le cimetière de campagne: méditation imitée de Gray, poète anglais. Les soirées littéraires. 1796. iii. 126 ff. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #745]
    • Chateaubriand, François-René de. Les Tombeaux Champêtres. Le Journal de Peltier. Londres: 11 Déc. 1797. 319-322. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #747, Starr #176]
    • Cabanis, P. J. G.. Le Cimetière de Campagne, Élégie de Gray. Traduite de l'Anglais (1797) . Mélanges de littérature allemande, etc.. Paris: Smits, An V. 399-408. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #746, Starr #173]
    • DuBois, M.. Le Cimetière de Village Elégie. The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. London: 1797. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #748]
    • Montmorency, Mathieu de. Traduction en vers de l'élégie de Gray, sur un cimetière de village. Paris: Dampierre, 1797. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #749b]
    • Le Deist de Kérivalant, Nicholas. Le cimetière de campagne, Élégie. Traduite de l'Anglois (1797) . Almanach des Muses. Paris: An V [1797]. 147-152. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #749, Starr #174, Starr #175]
    • Lemierre d'Argy, Auguste-Jacques. Elegie faite Dans un cimetière de campagne (1798) . Paris: An VI. 155-169. (Transcription by Tom Turk [pp. 155-165] and Alexander Huber [pp. 167-169].) [Northup #750]
    • Cournand, Antoine de. ÉLÉGIE Faite Dans Un Cimetière De Campagne. Imitation de l'Anglais de Gray. [N.l.]: 1802. 1-4. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #751]
    • Haiiy. Élégie de Gray, Sur un cimetière de campagne, en vers anglais. Ecrite dans un d'église de village cimetière. Boulard, Antoine M. H., ed. Traductions interlinéaires des six langues allemande, suédoise, danoise, anglaise, portugaise et hébraique. Paris: 1802. 268-276. (Haiiy's revision of Cournand [1802]. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #752]
    • Salaberry d'Irumberry, Charles-Marie. Gray, Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard. Mon Voyage au Mont d'Or. Paris: 1802. 188-197. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Turk (2013), 56.]
    • Le Deist de Kérivalant, Nicholas. Le cimetière de campagne, Élégie. Traduite de l'Anglois. Le Magazin Encyclopédique. 1804 revision of 1797 edition. Paris: 1804. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #749a, Starr #175]
    • Gaston, Hyacinthe de. LE CIMETIÈRE DE VILLAGE, IMITATION LIBRE DE L'ÉLÉGIE DE GRAY. Petite encyclopedie poetique. Paris: 1804. 9-12. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #754]
    • Chénier, Marie-Joseph de. LE CIMETIÈRE DE CAMPAGNE (1805) . À PARIS, CHEZ DABIN, PALAIS DU TRIBUNAT: AN XIII. [1805]. 6-15. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #755]
    • Hennet, Albert Joseph Ulpien. Le Cimetière de Village. Poétique anglaise. Paris: Valade, 1806. 368-79. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #758]
    • L.D. [Louis Dutens]. Elegie. Gray's Elegy in a country church yard; with a translation in French verse; by L. D. To which are added, the following imitations: Nocturnal contemplations in Barham Downs Camp, Evening contemplations in a college, The nunnery, and Nightly thoughts in the Temple. With anecdotes of the life of Gray, and some remarks in French; by the editor. Chatham: C. & W. Townson, Kentish Courier Office, 1806. 3-19. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #757]
    • Grénus, Jacques Louis. [Elegie]. Fables diverses tant originales qu' imitées etc., et quelques autres poésies, par Jacques Louis Grénus, édition ornée de huit gravures. Paris: 1807. ii. 323-30. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #759]
    • Charrin, P. J.. Le cimetière de village, imitation en vers de l'élégie de Gray. Paris: Delaunay, 1808. 457-. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #760]
    • Cottreau, [Jean-Baptiste-] Hugues Nelson. Élégie, composée dans un cimetière de village. Le bal du bois de Brévannes, poëme, suivi de l'Épître à mon berceau, et d'une traduction du Cimetière de village, de Thomas Gray, par Hugues Nelson Cottreau. Paris: Cretté, 1811. 65-87. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #760a]
    • Fayolle, François Joseph Marie. Élégie de Thomas Gray, sur un cimetière de campagne; Traduite en vers Français, Par F. Fayolle. Magasin Encyclopédique (Aoút 1812), Journal pour lequel on s’abonne chez J. B. Sajou. Paris: De l'imprimerie de J. B. Sajou, Rue de la Harpe, no 11, 1812. 3-8. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #761]
    • Villebois-Mareul, Felix Comte de. [Elegie]. Le cimetière de campagne, imitation libre en vers français de l'Élégie anglaise de Gray. Paris: De l'imprimerie d' A. Egron, Rue de Noyers, No 49, 1813. 2-6. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #764]
    • Guillory, M. P.. Élégie sur un cimetière de campagne. Le Moniteur Universel. Dec. 31, 1813. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #762]
    • Soulié, J. B. Augustin. Le cimetière de village, Élégie (1813) . Annales de la Littérature et des Arts. 1821. 83-87. (Transcription by Tom Turk. Transcribed version differs from cited version, which begins, De la cloche du soir les sons lents et plaintifs,...) [Northup #763]
    • Le Comte de Wassili Santi, Alexandrovic. Le Cimetière de village, Elégie de Gray. Stockholm: 1818. [Turk (2013), 56.]
    • Sapinaud, M. de. Le cimetière (1822) . Le cimetière et le Printemps de Gray, traduits par M. de Sapinaud, auteur de la Traduction en vers français des Psaumes, des élégies et notices vendéennes. Paris: Imprimerie Anthelme Boucher, Rue des Bons-Enfants, No 34, M.DCCC.XXII.. 6-17. (Includes redbreast-stanza. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #765]
    • Marvint, Hippolyte. Le Champ de Repos de Village (1828) . Les bucoliques et l'églogue élégiaque de Gray, traduites en vers libres, texte en regard, par Hippolyte M.. Paris: Imprimerie de E. Duverger, Rue de Verneuil, No 4, MDCCCXXVIII.. 200-217. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #766]
    • Henrion, Eugene. Le Cimetière de campagne. Soulié and Henrion Poésies anglaises. Paris: Béthune, 1830. 179-87. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2016), 4.]
    • Anon.. Le Cimetière de campagne. Bibliothèque Universelle. Geneva: 1831. 50 vols. XLVII, 104–9. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 56.]
    • Hoyau, L.-C.. Le Cimetière de Campagne. Poésies de Gray, traduites en vers français, Dediées au Marquis d'Espinay Saint-Luc par L.-C. Hoyau. Paris: Chez Dentu et Gosselin, libraires, Galerie d'Orléans, Palais Royal, 1837. 65-73. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #767]
  4. German/Deutsch
    • Gotter, Friedrich Wilhelm. Elegie Auf einem Dorfkirchhofe geschrieben. Nach dem Gray. Göttinger Musenalmanach auf 1771, no. 69. Göttingen: 1771. 60-64 [125-135]. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #772]
    • Anon.. Freye Nachahmung aus dem Englischen des Gray. Mannigfaltigkeiten. 1772. 617-620. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #771a]
    • Müller, Carl Wilhelm. Elegie auf einem Landkirchhofe geschrieben. Herrn Gray's Gedichte: Mit vorangesetzten Nachrichten von seinen Lebensumständen und Schriften herausgegeben von W. Mason. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt. Leipzig: Weidmann und Reich, 1776. 510-516. https://digital.lb-oldenburg.de/brandes/content/pageview/13121. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #773]
    • Anon.. Der Dorfkirchof. Elegie von Gray. Religion und Gottesdienstliche Gebräuche, 3. Leipzig: 1799. 130-142. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2016), 5.]
    • Wied-Neuwied, Luise Fürstin von. Gray's Elegie auf einem Dorfkirchhofe geschrieben. Die deutsche Monatsschrift, Aug. 1795. 1795. II. 304-8. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #775]
    • Seume, Johann Gottfried. Elegie Geschrieben auf einem Dorfkirchhofe. Aus dem Englischen des Herrn Gray (1796) . Gedichte von Johann Gottfried Seume. Vierte, vermehrte und verbesserte, Auflage. 1815. 3-7. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015064542403&view=page&seq=35. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #776]
    • Kosegarten, Ludwig Gotthard. Der Dorfkirchhof. Elegie (1798) . Ludwig Theoboul Kosegarten's Poesieen. Leipzig: Heinrich Gräff, 1802. Volume 1, pp. 121-126. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #778]
    • Tscharner, Johann Baptista von. Neuer Versuch einer Uebersetzung der Elegie in einem Dorfkirchhofe geschrieben, von Gray. Isis: eine Monatschrift von deutschen und schweizerischen Gelehrten. Zürich: 1805. 469-474. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #779]
    • Rupprecht, Johann Baptist. Elegie. Auf einem Dorfkirchhof geschrieben.. Dichtungen der Britten in metrischen Übersetzungen. Wien: Anton Doll, 1812. Erster Band, 62-88. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #780]
    • Anon.. Elegie, auf einem Landkirchhofe geschrieben. Nach Gray. The Kaleidoscope. Liverpool: May 20, 1823. 372-373. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #781]
    • Krais, Julius. Elegie, geschrieben auf einem Dorfkirchhofe. Von Gray. Blätter zur Kunde der Literatur des Auslands. 1839. no. 30, 117-118. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Turk (2016), 5.]
    • Ploennies, Louise von. Elegie, auf einem Dorfkirchhof gedichtet. Britannia. A Selection of British Poems ancient and modern.. Frankfurt a. M.: Henry Keller, 1843. 96–111. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Turk (2013), 58.]
  5. Hebrew/עִבְרִית
    • Venturi, Abbot Giuseppe. שי ר. Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 153-165. (Transcription (uncorrected OCR) from page images provided by eScriptorium/Kraken and Surya OCR (thanks to Daniel Stoekl, PSL University, Paris and William J.B. Mattingly, Smithsonian Data Science Lab, respectively!)) [Northup #794]
  6. Hungarian/Magyarul
    • Deáky, Zsigmund. Elegia, egy falusi temetöre. Gray tamás Után. Romában [Rome]: De Romanis Fülöp és Miklósnál, 1827. 3-7. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #795]
  7. Italian/Italiano
    • Cesarotti, Melchiorre. Elegia Inglese, del signor Tommaso Gray, sopra un cimitero di campagna (1772) . Torri, Alessandro, ed. L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 69-76. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #796, Starr #182a]
    • Gennari, Giuseppe. Elegia inglese del signor Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna (1772) . Torri, Alessandro, ed. L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 77-83. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #797]
    • Crocchi, Abbate. Elegia scritta in cimiterio di campagna. Poems by Mr. Gray. Dublin: Printed by William Sleater, at No 51, In Castle-street, 1775. 153-166. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #798, Northup #62]
    • Torelli, Giuseppe. Elegia scritta in un cimitero campestre. Elegia di Tommaso Gray poeta inglese per esso scritta in un cimitero campestre tradotta in versi italiani. Verona: Gli Eredi di Agostino Carattoni, 1776. 7-19. (Transcription by Tom Turk and Alexander Huber.) (see also digital library) [Northup #799]
    • Giannini, Giuseppe. Elegia scritta nel cimitero d'un villaggio. Elegy written in a country church-yard By Gray: and translated into Italian verse by J. Giannini, L.L.D. Second edition. London: Printed for, and sold by, the Translator, 1782. 2-18. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #800]
    • Lastri, Marco. Elegia che si figura scritta in un cimitero di campagna (1784) . Torri, Alessandro, ed. L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 85-89. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #801]
    • Buttura, Antonio. Elegia sopra un cimitero di campagna (1801) . Torri, Alessandro, ed. L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 91-95. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #802]
    • Baraldi, Paolo-Giuseppe. [Elegia] (1810) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 97-102. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #803]
    • Bonò, Elisabetta Sesler. [Elegia] (1815) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. 2nd edition. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1843. 97-100. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #804]
    • Leoni, Michele. [Elegia] (1815) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. 2nd edition. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1843. 101-105. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #805]
    • Castellazzi, Michel Angelo. [Elegia] (1817) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 103-107. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #806]
    • Trant, Domenico. [Elegia] (1817) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 28-45. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #807]
    • Gregori, Domenico. Elegia di Gray, sopra il cimitero di campagna. Scelta di poesie di più celebri autori inglesi, recati in versi italiani. Roma: 1821. 14-33. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #808]
    • Mancini, Lorenzo. Elegia scritta in un cimitero campestre d'Inghilterra da Tommaso Gray (1825) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. 2nd edition. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1843. 107-111. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #809]
    • Cavazzocca, Francesco. [Elegia] (1835) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. 2nd edition. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1843. 113-116. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #810]
    • Vitali, Giovanni. Elegia scritta in un cimiterio campestre. Varie poesie inglesi in prosa italiana voltate da Giovanni Vitali milanese. Milano: Luigi di Giacomo Pirola, 1841. 125-133. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Starr #183c]
  8. Latin/Latine
    • Anstey, Christoper and Roberts, William Hayward. ELEGIA SCRIPTA IN COEMETERIO RUSTICO LATINE REDDITA. CANTABRIGIAE: TYPIS ACADEMICIS EXCUDEBAT J. BENTHAM. Prostant venales apud R. MATTHEWS ibidem Bibliopolam J. RIVINGTON, A. MILLAR; T. PAYNE, Londini; J. FLETCHER, Oxon, 1762. 3-15. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #820, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 1]
    • Lloyd, Robert. CARMEN ELEGIACUM, IN CIMAETERIO RUSTICO COMPOSITUM (1762) . Works. London: T. Evans, 1774. Vol. ii, 189-205. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #821, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 2]
    • Costa, Giovanni. ELEGIA IN SEPULCRETO RUSTICO CONSCRIPTA. ELEGIA INGLESE DEL SIGNOR TOMMASO GRAY SOPRA UN CIMITERO DI CAMPAGNA TRASPORTATA IN VERSI LATINI E VOLGARI. Padua: 1772. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #822, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 3]
    • Evangeli, Antonio. Thomae Gray elegia in rusticum sepulcretum, ex anglico in latinum conversa. Thomae Gray Elegia in Rusticum Sepulcretum, ex Anglico in Latinum Conversa. A CL. ER. P.A. Padua: 1772. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #823, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 4]
    • Costa, Giovanni. Ne mireris, Benigne Lector, ELEGIAE THOMAE GRAY Versionem alteram extra locum tibi sisti. Ad id enim me, properantibus ad finem praelis, eorum, quorum plurimum apud me valere debet auctoritas, consilium impulit. TROCHAICUM. Poema Alexandri Pope De Homine, Jacobi Thomson, & Thomae Gray Selecta Carmina, ex Britanna in Latinam Linguam Translata a Joanne Costa in Seminario Patavino Academiae Praeceptore, cum Nonnullis Ejusdem Poeticis Scriptionibus. Padua: 1775. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #822, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 5]
    • Langrishe, Robert. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. Poems of Mr Gray. Dublin: 1775. Vol. ii, 205-13. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #824, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 6]
    • Wakefield, Gilbert. ELEGIA IN COEMETERIO RUSTICO SCRIPTA. Poemata latine partim scripta, partim reddita ... a Gilberto Wakefield A.B. et Coll. Jesu apud Cantab, socio. Cambridge: J. Archdeacon, 1776. 60-75. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) (see also digital library) [Northup #825, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 7]
    • Anstey, Christoper and Roberts, William Hayward. ELEGIA SCRIPTA IN COEMETERIO RUSTICO LATINE REDDITA. Editio nova prioribus emendatior. Londini: J. Dodsley, 1778. (Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Northup #820, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 1]
    • Wright, John. ELEGIA SCRIPTA IN SEPULCHRETO RUSTICO LATINE REDDITA. London: Veneunt apud T. Lewis, in vico dicto, Russel Street et B. White, Fleet Street, 1786. 11-19. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #826, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 8]
    • Murphy, Arthur. Elegia Thomae Gray, in carmen latinum conversa. Ode. In coemeterio rustico scripta. The Works of Arthur Murphy. London: T. Cadell, 1786. VII, 225-240. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #840, Starr #184, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 9]
    • Woty, William. Gray's Church-yard Elegy. Latin version. Poetical amusements. Nottingham: 1789. 101-113. (Ll. 117-120 is a translation of the 'redbreast' stanza [Eton and Pembroke MSS and in print from the third edition, but removed in the 1753 Designs]. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #826a, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 10]
    • Dupré, John. A TRANSLATION of GRAY's ELEGY, into LATIN VERSE by J.D. [John Dupré] of Berkhamsted School Public Day, Wednesday, October 2d, 1793 (1793) . Musae berkhamstedienses: or Poetical prolusions by some young gentlemen of Berkhamsted School. Berkhamsted: W. McDowall, 1794. 96-110. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #828, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 11]
    • G.. Logoi Epitaphioi. The Gentleman's Magazine. Jan.-Apr. 1793. LXIII. 69, 166, 261-2, 360. (Ll. 117-120 is a translation of the 'redbreast' stanza [Eton and Pembroke MSS and in print from the third edition, but removed in the 1753 Designs]. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #827, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 12]
    • Kerr, Nelson. PÖEMATIA. ELEGIA, RUSTICO COEMETERIO INSCRIPTA. E. GRAY. Poematia, auctore Nelson Kerr, LL. B., Coll. Johan. Bapt. Oxon. London: 1802. 19-26. (Accent marks omitted. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #829, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 13]
    • Blackburn Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth. Gray's Elegy, written in a Country Church-Yard, rendered into Latin by the Scholars of the First Class, February 6, 1805. The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, 79-82. 1805. 443-446. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 14]
    • Shelley, P. B.. Epitaphium (1808) . Donald H. Reiman and Neil Fraistat The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins UP, 2000. vol. 1, 436. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #830]
    • Wheelwright, C. A.. Elegia in coemeterio rustico scripta. Poems original and translated including versions of the Medea and Octavia of Seneca. London: A. J. Valpy, 1811. 244-251. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #831, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 15]
    • Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco. [Elegia] (1817) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 147-152. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #832, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 16]
    • Del Bene, Benedetto. [Elegia] (1817) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. 2nd edition. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1843. 137-140. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #833, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 17]
    • Venturi, Abbate Giuseppe. [Elegia] (1817) . Torri, Alessandro L'Elegia di Tommaso Gray sopra un cimitero di campagna tradotta dall' inglese in più lingue con varie cose finora inedite. Verona: Dalla Tipografia Mainardi, 1817. 154-164. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #834]
    • Colton, Charles Caleb. Elegia Graii, Latine reddita. Gray's Elegy; translated into Latin Ovidian verse. By the author of 'Lacon.'. London: Longman & Co., 1822. 4-13. (Has an extra stanza no. 27, Him have we seen the greenwood side along, etc., and the redbreast stanza, no. 31, just before the Epitaph. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #835, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 18]
    • Hickie, Daniel Bamfield. Elegia in coemeterio rustico conscripta. Gray's Elegy translated into Latin verse, including the author's rejected stanzas, together with Dr. Edwards's additional lines. London: A. J. Valpy, 1823. 3-23. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #836, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 19]
    • S.N.E.. [Elegia]. Elegia Graii Latine reddita. London: R. Bentley, 1824. 1-7. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #837, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 19A]
    • Hildyard, William. Elegia In Coemeterio Rustico Scripta. Gray's Elegy in a country churchyard translated into Latin elegiac verse, by the Rev. William Hildyard. London: John W. Parker, 1838. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #838, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 20]
    • Macaulay, John Heyrick. Elegia (1841) . Arundines Cami. 2nd edition. Cambridge: University Press, 1843. 166-177. (Second edition begins, Funebris insonuit moriturae naenia luis,... Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #839, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 21]
    • Smith, Goodwin. In Coemeterio. Anthologia oxoniensis decerpsit Gulielmus Linwood, M. A.. Londini: 1846. 88. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #841]
    • Dickinson, Henry Strahan. [Elegia]. Elegiam a Thoma Grayio in coemeterio rustico conscriptam, latinè reddidit H. S. Dickinson, A. M.. Ipswich: R. Deck, Printer, 1849. 2-15. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #842, Gibson / Wilkinson / Freeth (2008), no. 22]
  9. Polish/Polskie
    • Niemcewicz, Julian Ursyn. Elegia pisana na cmentarzu wiejskim przez P. Grey po Angielsku, nasladowana oyczystym iezykiem. Pisma Rozmaite, Wspolczesnych, wierszem i proza. Warsaw: 1803. v. 2. 537-542. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 66.]
  10. Portuguese/Português
    • Azevedo, António de Araújo de. Elegia de Gray, escrita no adro de uma igreja de aldeia (1792) . Boulard, Antoine Marie Henri, ed. Traductions interlinéaires des 6 langues allemande, suédoise, danoise, anglaise, portugaise et hébraique. Paris: Fuchs, Messidor, An X [1802]. 234-241. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #858, Starr #187a]
    • Ponte, José Freire da. ELEGIA Escrita sobre hum cemitério do campo, e traduzida do Inglez de Mr. Cray (1794) . Hervey, James, and José Freire da Ponte, eds. Meditações do Doutor James Hervey. Lisboa: 1805. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 67.]
    • Almeida Coutinho, Henrique Ernesto de. O cemiterio da aldea, canto elegiaco de Thomas Gray (1836) . O cemiterio da aldea, canto elegiaco de Thomas Gray, traduzido em verso Portuguez por H. E. A. C.. Segunda edição. Porto: Typographia Commercial Portuense, 1837. 3-11. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #859]
    • Alorna, Marquesa de. O Cemiterio d'Aldea, Elegia. Leonor de Almeida Portugal de Lorena e Lencastre Obras Poéticas. Lisboa: 1844. 181–191. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 67.]
  11. Romanian/Română
    • Asachi, Gheorghe. Elegie scrisă pe ținterimul unui sat. 1812. (Written between 1812 and 1827. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 67/68.]
  12. Russian/Pусский
    • Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich. СЕЛЬСКОЕ КЛАДБИЩЕ Элегия. Vestnik Evropy VI. 1802. 319-325. (Ll. 113-116 is a translation of a rejected stanza [Eton MS]. Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #860, Starr #193]
  13. Slovene/Slovenščini
    • Žemlja, Jožef. Elegija, pisana na nekim vaškìm pokopalši. Sédim sinóv, provest u pésmi. Ljubljana: 1843. 33-40. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 69.]
  14. Spanish/Español
    • Escoiquiz, Juan de. El Cementerio del Aldea. Elegía de Gray, traducida libremente del inglés. Minerva ó el revisor general, obra periódica no. 14. 1805. 105-111. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Starr #194]
    • Anzu y Garro, Faustino. [Elegía]. El Cementerio de la Aldea. Tarragona: 1809. 2-11. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 70.]
    • Perez del Camino, Manuel Norberto. Elegía escrita sobre el cementerio de una aldea (Imitación del inglés). Gabriel Legouvé El mérito de las mugeres, los recuerdos, la sepultura, la melancolía; poemas de Gabriel Legouvé. Traducidos en verso castellano, por Don M. N. Pérez de Camino.. Burdeos: Lawalle jóven, 1822. 282-292. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Starr #195]
    • Miralla, José Antonio. [Elegía]. Traduccion. De una Elegia, escrita por Gray en el cementerio de una yglesia de aldea. 1823. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #862]
    • Mitre, Bartolomé. El Cementerio de la Aldea (1839) . Buenos Aires: 1916. 299–305. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #863, Turk (2013), 70.]
    • Guerra, José Fernández. El cementerio de la aldea. (Imitación de Grai.). La Alhambra: periódico de ciencias, literatura y bellas artes (Granada). 1840. III (1840), 207-210. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Starr #197]
    • Urcullu, José de. El cementerio de la aldea. D. Angel de Villalobos La Colmena. Periódico trimestre de ciencias, artes, historia y literatura. London: Ackermann, 1843. 73-77, 175-78.. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Starr #199]
  15. Swedish/Svenska
    • Silverstolpe, Axel Gabriel. ELEGIE. LÄSNING I BLANDADE ÄMNEN. Stockholm: Tryckt hos Henrik A. Nordström, 1798. 1-6. (Ll. 109-112 is a translation of a rejected stanza [Eton MS]. Transcription by Alexander Huber.) [Turk (2013), 71.]
  16. Welsh/Cymraeg
    • Davis, David. MYFYRDOD AR EINIOES AC ANGEU: A YSGRIFENWYD MEWN MYNWENT, YN Y WLAD, YM MRIG YR HWYR (1798) . Myfyrdod ar Einioes ac Angau, gan Davis Castell-Hywel. Llandyssul: J. D. Lewis, Gomerian Press, 1908. 5-12. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #865, Northup #867]
    • Jones, Thomas Lloyd. Myfyrdawd. Beauties of Welsh poetry. Denbigh: 1831. 178-183. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Northup #866]
    • Jones, John Morris. Marwnad a Sgrifennwyd Mewn Mynwent Wledig. Salm I Famon, a Marwnad Mewn Mynwent. Wrecsam: 1832. 25–30. (Transcription by Tom Turk.) [Turk (2013), 73.]

Secondary

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  2. Garrison, James D. A Dangerous Liberty: Translating Gray's Elegy. Newark, DL: U of Delaware P, 2009. Print. (Covers a wide range of languages, with particular emphasis on French, Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish.)
  3. Gibson, Donald, Peter Wilkinson, and Stephen Freeth, eds. Thomas Gray Elegy in a Country Churchyard: Latin Translations, 1762-2001. Orpington: The Holden Press, 2008. Print. (Contains 43 Latin translations of the Elegy.)
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About

Background

Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country-Churchyard" (1751) is one of the most widely and frequently translated/paraphrased/imitated poems in the English language. With to date at least 266 translations into at least 40 languages, the "Elegy" has inspired translators since the early 1760s when the earliest Latin translations appeared. Since then, the poem has been influential in the history of many national literatures, particularly in the context of the development of European Romanticism.

The project

The aim of the "Gray's 'Elegy' in translation"-project is to make it possible to trace and document the reception and impact of Gray's most famous poem in a number of languages and national literatures. Drawing on the extensive collection of "Elegy" translations compiled by Tom Turk, the purpose of this work is firstly to enable the study of the evolution of translations of the poem in a single language, and secondly to allow for a comparative study of the translations across languages and literatures. The translations variably highlight changes in the interpretation of the original, reflect cultural borrowings and transfers, betray changes in literary taste, and may allow us to uncover the circumstances, agency, and purpose of their production.

Current and future work

In this second phase of the project we have covered the period up to 1850, comprising 112 verse and prose translations of the "Elegy" in 16 languages (Armenian, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh). We have opted for this approach, because it should help to more easily contextualize the translations in their historical contexts, make them more easily comparable across languages, and avoids any potential copyright issues. We plan to extend this range into the second half of the 19th century and beyond (adding many more translations and languages) in future phases of the project. N.B. We are aware of a number of lacunae from the period covered by the project that have yet to be added in full-text. The reason why the translations have been omitted is given in each case.

Technical note

The electronic files have been created by encoding transcription from printed text. The full-text of each translation is accompanied by a short note on prose or verse form as well as bibliographic information about the source edition, which can also be consulted in the bibliography. All texts have been marked up in TEI/XML for long-term access, re-use, and preservation purposes.

Lacunae

Phase I (1751–1805)

We are aware of the following translations of Gray's Elegy from the period covered by the first installment of the project (1751-1805) that have yet to be added in full-text. The reason why the translations have been omitted is given in each case. If you are able to help with any of these, e.g. by tracing a translation or aiding with transcription, or if you are aware of any other gaps, we would be pleased to acknowledge any contributions you make. We will indicate any translations we are working on to avoid duplication of labour. Thank you!

  1. French/Français

      We have been unable to find these translations.

    • 1770: Villevielle, Marquis de [Northup #740, Starr #171]
    • 1802: Sarrasin, Adrien de, Printemps (quatre) de Kleist, suivi du Premier navigateur, du Tableau du déluge (de Gessner), et d'une élégie de Gray sur un cimetière de campagne, poëmes imités en francais par Ad... S.... (Adrien de Sarrasin). Paris: Pougens, 1802. [Northup #753]

  2. German/Deutsch

      We have been unable to obtain these translations.

    • 1773: Anon [Northup #772a]
    • 1794: Niemeyer, Georg Friedrich [Northup #774]

  3. Greek/Ελληνικός

      We have not included Greek translations of the Elegy so far. Any help with transcriptions would be appreciated.

    • 1785: Cooke, William [Northup #784]
    • 1793: Norbury, John [Northup #785] [see also digital library]
    • 1794: Coote, Charles [Northup #786] [see also digital library]
    • 1794: Sparke, Bowyer Edward [Northup #787] [see also digital library]
    • 1794: Weston, Stephen [Northup #788]
    • 1795: Plumptre, John, Epitaph only [Northup #789]
    • 1795: Tew, Edward [Northup #790] [see also digital library]

  4. Italian/Italiano

      We have been unable to find this translation.

    • 1781: Povoleri, Giovanni, a translation into Tuscan? [Starr #183]

  5. Russian/русский

      There seem to be some six Russian translations of the Elegy prior to Zhukovsky's. These still need to be traced and verified. Any help with transcriptions would be appreciated.

    • 1784: ?, incomplete prose translation [Turk (2013), 68]
    • 1785: Gnedich [Starr #188]
    • 1789: ? [Starr #189]
    • 1798: Kozlovskii [Starr #190]
    • 1800: Gre. [Starr #191]
    • 1801: ?, prose paraphrase, incomplete [Starr #192]

Phase II (1806 – 1850)

We are aware of the following translations of Gray's Elegy from the period covered by the second installment of the project (1806-1850) that have yet to be added in full-text. The reason why the translations have been omitted is given in each case. If you are able to help with any of these, e.g. by tracing a translation or aiding with transcription, or if you are aware of any other gaps, we would be pleased to acknowledge any contributions you make. We will indicate any translations we are working on to avoid duplication of labour. Thank you!

  1. French / Français

      We have been unable to find this translation.

    • 1813: Fée, Antoine Laurent Apollinaire [Turk (2013), 56]

  2. Italian / Italiano

      We have been unable to find these translations.

    • 1833: Vincenza [Turk (2013), 62]
    • 1837: Uberti, Filippo [Turk (2016), 5]

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