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Gray's Elegy — Gray’s Elegy [Grays Elegy] the name most people use to refer to the poem called Elegy written in a Country Church Yard (1751) by Thomas Gray. It describes life in the country and the ↑dignity of man, and was an early influence on the writers of… … Useful english dictionary
Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard — ➡ Gray’s Elegy. * * * … Universalium
Gray — Gray, Do|ri|an the main character in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Gray 2 Gray, Thomas (1716 71) an English poet whose best known work, Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, is usually called Gray s Elegy … Dictionary of contemporary English
elegy — elegy, eulogy An elegy was originally a lament for the dead, of which literary examples are Milton s Lycidas (1637) and Shelley s Adonais (1821). In the course of time, it came to mean any sorrowful poem or one written in the metre associated… … Modern English usage
Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard — [Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard] » ↑Gray s Elegy … Useful english dictionary
elegy — [el′ə jē] n. pl. elegies [Fr élégie < L elegia < Gr elegeia < elegos, a lament < ? IE base * el > ALMS] 1. any poem in elegiac verse 2. a poem or song of lament and praise for the dead, as Shelley s “Adonais” 3. any poem, song, etc … English World dictionary
Gray — 〈[grɛı] n. 15; 〉 Einheit für die Energiedosis ionisierender Strahlen, 1 Gy = 1 J/kg = 100 rad [nach dem amerikan. Physiker Louis Harold Gray, 1905 1965] * * * Gray [greɪ; nach dem brit. Physiker L. H. Gray (1905–1965)], das; s; Einheitenzeichen:… … Universal-Lexikon
Gray [2] — Gray (Grey, spr. grē), 1) Johanna (Jane), Königin von England, geb. 1537. gest. 12. Febr. 1554, war die Enkelin der Herzogin Maria von Suffolk, Schwester König Heinrichs VIII. von England. Eduard VI., Sohn und Nachfolger Heinrichs VIII., hatte… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Gray,Thomas — Gray, Thomas. 1716 1771. British poet considered a forerunner of English romanticism. His most famous work is Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751). * * * … Universalium
Gray, Thomas — born Dec. 26, 1716, London, Eng. died July 30, 1771, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire British poet. He studied and later settled at Cambridge, where he wrote poems of wistful melancholy filled with truisms phrased in striking, quotable lines. Though his … Universalium
