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English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

Thomas Gray [Thomas Gray]

(1716–1771) an English ↑poet, best known for his ↑Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard. He was a friend of Horace Walpole. The few poems that he wrote had a strong influence on the development of the Romantic Movement. Where ignorance is bliss ‘Tis folly to be wise. Thomas Gray On a Distant Prospect of Eton College