Poems, [ca. 1725]-1771

• "[Gaeta]"

  • Archive Work ID: poems.lt26
  • Uniform Title: "[Gaeta]" [e-text]
  • First Line: Pulchra Caietae speculantis altum
  • Language: Latin
  • First Published: 2024
  • References: Abbott/Levinson (eds.), Thomas Gray among the Disciplines (2024), 57-58 (with English translation); Haan (ed.), The Latin Poetry of Thomas Gray (2024), 84-85 (with English translation)
  • Summary: Written probably in June 1740, inspired by an excursion to Naples from Rome, while on the Grand Tour. First published in Abbott/Levinson (eds.), Thomas Gray among the Disciplines (2024), 57-58 (with English translation).

  1 Manuscript:

  • • Archive MS ID: mss.0291 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: "[untitled]"
    • Date: 1740
    • Physical Description: 1 page; autograph, corrected
    • Language: Latin
    • Location: Thomas Gray Manuscripts: MS-GAR-0046, Vol. 2093623, item: 1, f. 2r, John Work Garrett Library (Evergreen Museum and Library), Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, Baltimore, MD, USA <https://www.library.jhu.edu/library-departments/special-collections/historic-collection-at-john-work-garrett-library/>
    • Contents: Autograph, untitled with corrections, among Gray's pencil notes on Siena and Naples while on the Grand Tour with Horace Walpole, June 1740.
    • Surrogates: Digital facsimile of f. 2r from original MS available online.
    
    
  
  

• "A Long Story"

  • Archive Work ID: poems.lost
  • Uniform Title: "A Long Story" [e-text]
  • First Line: In Britain's isle, no matter where,
  • Language: English
  • First Published: 1753
  • References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 43-48; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 142-152
  • Summary: Written and revised at Stoke Poges between August and October 1750 when Gray was staying there with his aunt. First published in Dodsley's Designs (1753), [14].

  1 Manuscript:

  • • Archive MS ID: mss.0097 (Source: EAD/XML)
    • Title: "A Long Story"
    • Date: 1750
    • Physical Description: 3 pages; autograph fair copy, corrected
    • Language: English
    • Location: Thomas Gray Manuscripts: MS-GAR-0046, Vol. 2093623, item: 3, Rare Books, Special Collections and Archives, John Work Garrett Library, Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries & University Museums, Baltimore, MD, USA <https://www.library.jhu.edu/library-departments/special-collections/historic-collection-at-john-work-garrett-library/>
    • References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 82, 87; Whibley, "Notes on Two Manuscripts" (1937), 55-57; Munby (ed.), Sale Catalogues (1971), Evans sale (27-29 November 1845), lot 605, 10, Sotheby's sale (28 August 1851), lot 53, 41, Sotheby's sale (4 August 1854), lot 227, 69; W[right]., Catalogue (1851), [lot 53,] 9
    • Contents: Autograph fair copy, corrected, wanting ll. 5-8, with marginal explanatory notes.