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3.  POETICAL WORKS

1756. Poems | by | Mr. T. Gray. | Containing, | I. Ode on the Spring. | II. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, | Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes. | III. Ode on the distant Prospect of Eton | College. | IV. A Long Story. | V. Hymn addressed to Adversity. | VI. Elegy written in a Country Church- | yard. | Dublin: | Printed for George and Alexander Ewing, | at the Angel and Bible in Dame-street. | 1756.
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8vo, pp. 31. Reprints the six poems in Bentley's Designs of 1753 (see no. 178). Described by W. F. Prideaux in N. & Q., May 26, 1906, 10th ser. v. 406. The only copy known to be in existence is in the possession of Mr. Edmund Gosse.

1768. Poems | by | Mr. Gray. | [Emblem.] | London: | Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall. | MDCCLXVIII.
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Sm. 8vo, pp. [ii], 119, [2]. Some copies have also a half-title, which makes four preliminary pages. See also under no. 53. Published in July, 1768; according to Gosse, Gray, p. 178, before Oct. 2, 250 copies were sold. The price was 2/6.   JRM, CAU, BM (239. e. 5), BN (Yk. 2658-9), YU
Rev. by M. in The Scots Mag., July, 1768, xxx. 361; in The London Mag., March, 1768, xxxvii. 157 (six lines); in The Critical Rev., May, 1768, xxv. 366-71 (reprints The Fatal Sisters, pp. 368-9); in The Monthly Rev., May, 1768, xxxviii. 408.

Poems | by | Mr. Gray. | A new edition. | [Emblem.] | London: | Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall. | MDCCLXVIII.
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Sm. 8vo, pp. [ii], 119, [2]. In smaller type than the previous edition; there was apparently no other change.   B, BM (11607. bbb. 23), HU
Concerning this edition see F. W. D. in N. & Q., Sept. 18, 1886, 7th ser. ii. 228, and Albert Hartshorne's reply in same, Oct. 2, p. 276. Both of Dodsley's editions are described by W. F. Prideaux in N. & Q., Apr. 28, 1906, 10th ser. v. 321-22.

Poems | by | Mr Gray. | [Vignette on copper.] | Dublin: Printed by William Sleator | in Castle-Street. | 1768.
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12mo, pp. 187. Frontispiece. The Leaping Bard emblem on t.-p., wdct., tail-pieces.   BM (11632. de. 11), YU
Contents. Spr, Cat, Eton, LSt, Adv, PP, Bard, FSis, Odin, Owen. Carmen elegiacum, in coemeterio rustico compositum, by R. Lloyd, pp. 115-25. Elegia scripta in coemeterio rustico, latinè reddita [by C. Anstey], pp. 126-50, with the English on opposite pages. Ode on Ranelagh, addressed to the ladies, pp. 153-62. An evening contemplation in a college, pp. 163-73. The bard, a burlesque ode written by R. Lloyd and G. Colman, pp. 175-87.
Described by W. F. Prideaux in N. & Q., Apr. 28, 1906, 10th ser. v. 322.


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