Thomas Gray Quotes


Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes,
Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.


Citations

Gray, Thomas. "The Bard." The Works of Thomas Gray, edited by Edmund Gosse, vol. 1, Macmillan and Co., 1884, p. 41.

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Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
  • Born: December 26, 1716
  • Died: July 30, 1771
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.