← Thomas GrayThe Progress of Poesyby Thomas GrayOde tracing poetry's progress from ancient Greece to modern times in grand styleFind 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 GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardMeditative elegy on mortality and human achievement set in a rural country churchyard→Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton CollegeNostalgic ode reflecting on the speaker's childhood at Eton College with melancholy beauty→
