"[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.