Summary: Written probably in 1737 or 1738 when Gray was translating other Italian verse by Tasso and Petrarch. First published, 15 lines only, in The Gentleman's Magazine N.S. 32 (October 1849), 343, published in full in Gosse (ed.), Works (1884), vol. I, 157-160, as "Dante. Canto 33, dell' Inferno".
References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 139, 92-93
Contents: Transcript in the hand of John Mitford, introduced "DANTE. It is uncertain when Mr Gray translated the following Story from Dante; but most probably very early, and when he was making himself Master of the Italian language.", headed "Dante, Canto 33 dell' Inferno", and annotated "N.B. The above is not in Grays Writing, but in a clear large hand. perhaps Mr. Stonehewer's. (yes.)", in John Mitford, Note-Books, vol. III "Mitford. Extracts from Mr Grays Common-place books", ff. 70-73.
References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 140, 93
Contents: Transcript of ll. 1-4 and 82-4 in the hand of John Mitford, here beginning "From his dire food the greisly father raisd", annotated "Mason says, Gray translated this when learning Italian" and "N.B. The MS is not in Gray's writing", in John Mitford, Note-Books, vol. III "Mitford. Extracts from Mr Grays Common-place books", ff. 182-183.
Contents: Transcript of ll. 1-4 and 82-84 in the hand of John Mitford (crossed out), annotated "Mason says Gray translated this, when learning Italian", in John Mitford, Note-Books, vol. IV, f. 29.