← Thomas GrayElegy Written in a Country Churchyardby Thomas GrayMeditative elegy on mortality and human achievement set in a rural country churchyardFind on Amazon↗About the authorThomas GrayEnglish poet whose Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is one of the most quoted poems in English. He is a transitional figure between Augustan and Romantic sensibilities.More by Thomas GrayOde on a Distant Prospect of Eton CollegeNostalgic ode reflecting on the speaker's childhood at Eton College with melancholy beauty→The Progress of PoesyOde tracing poetry's progress from ancient Greece to modern times in grand style→
