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Thomas Gray

Geburtstag:26. Dezember 1716
Todesdatum:30. Juli 1771
Andere Namen:توماس غراي,توماس قری

Thomas Gray war ein englischer Dichter, Gelehrter und Briefe-Schreiber.

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„Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.“

— Thomas Gray
An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

„Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.“

— Thomas Gray
Selected Poems

„[... ] where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.“

— Thomas Gray

„The paths of glory lead but to the grave.“

— Thomas Gray
An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

„Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on the desert air"


A good many flowers bloom and fade away in deserted places, seen by no one.
In its context in Thomas Gray's "Elegy" it is actually a metaphor for common folk who do heroic things that are never reported in the news or recorded in history. Like a precious stone unmined at the bottom of the ocean or a beautiful flower blooming in the deep woods, their work may not be seen or known, but it is nevertheless heroic. Rubies and roses are beautiful, Gray would say, whether anyone ever sees them or not.“

— Thomas Gray

„The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave
Awaits alike the inevitable hour:
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.“

— Thomas Gray

„Yet, ah! why should they know their fate,
Since sorrow never comes too late,
And happiness too swiftly flies?
Thought would destroy their Paradise.
No more;—where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.“

— Thomas Gray
The complete English poems of Thomas Gray

„The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.“

— Thomas Gray

„Poetry is thoughts that breathe and words that burn.“

— Thomas Gray

„From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd,
Know one false step is ne'er retriev'd,
And be with caution bold.
Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes
And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;
Nor all, that glisters, gold.“

— Thomas Gray
Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat

„The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,/
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,/
The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,/
And leaves the world to darkness and to me./“

— Thomas Gray

„Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
A youth to fortune and to fame unknown.
Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth,
And Melancholy marked him for her own.“

— Thomas Gray
An Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

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