Summary: Written probably in 1760 or 1761 when Gray was living in London. Based on a Latin translation by Evan Evans of the original Welsh "Arwyain Owain Gwynnedd" by Gwalchmai ap Meilyr. First published in Poems (1768).
Alternate Form:
Microfilm copy available in Poetic Commonplace Books and Manuscripts of Thomas Gray, 1716-1771, from Pembroke College, Cambridge (1999), reel one
References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 162, 95; Poetic C. B., Pembroke College (1999), 30
Contents: Autograph fair copy, with four lines at the end intended to follow l. 26, here entitled "The Triumphs of Owen, a Fragment from the Welch", in Gray's Commonplace Book, vol. III, 1068.
Surrogates: Digital facsimile [JPEG] from original MS available online.