Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1884. Harry Fenn. Harry Fenn Edition. Stamped cloth. 8vo., unpaginated, exquisite gilt decorated embossed front cover, a.e.g., illustrated by Harry Fenn. -- Spine tips and corners have moderate rubbing. - Many of the illustrations in this edition of Gray's Elegy are from sketches taken of "Stokes Pogis", the scene of the poem, by Mr. Fenn, and all of them were made for this edition. --. Very good. Item #8929
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742.
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