"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"
Archive Work ID: poems.odec
Uniform Title: "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" [e-text]
First Line: Ye distant spires, ye antique towers, Language: EnglishFirst Published: 1747
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 7-10; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 54-63
Summary: Written at Stoke Poges c. August 1742 during one of Gray 's most productive periods. First published, anonymously, as a folio pamphlet by Dodsley , 30 May 1747 .
1 Manuscript:
Archive MS ID: mss.0103 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: "Ode, on a Prospect of Windsor, & the adjacent Country"
Date: 1743
Physical Description: 3 pages; autograph fair copyLanguage: EnglishLocation: MS 281B, College Library, Eton College ,
Windsor, UK <http://www.etoncollege.com/collegelibrary.aspx> Alternate Form:
Facsimile in Illustrated London News 132 (20 June 1908), 896References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 88, 87; Sutton (ed.), Location Register (1995), 414Contents: Autograph fair copy, here entitled "Ode, on a Prospect of Windsor, & the adjacent Country, in 1743 ".