Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College

Name: Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College
Author: Thomas Gray

by Thomas Gray

Nostalgic ode reflecting on the speaker's childhood at Eton College with melancholy beauty

Find on Amazon

About the author

Thomas Gray

English 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 Gray

Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardMeditative elegy on mortality and human achievement set in a rural country churchyard
The Progress of PoesyOde tracing poetry's progress from ancient Greece to modern times in grand style