Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
- DMI number:
- 25173
- First Line:
- Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
- Last Line:
- The bosom of his father and his god
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Epitaph
- Themes:
- Death and God
- Author:
- Thomas Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard', Lonsdale (1969): 103-141.
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- Awake and faithful to her wonted fires
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Last Line:
- The bosom of his father and his god
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Here rests his head upon the lap of earth
- Last Line:
- While truth and honour bled in every line
- Relationship:
- Parody Of/Parodied By
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems on divine and moral subjects, selected from various authors. [T97392] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.301
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- In a Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- A select collection of epitaphs carefully collected from the tombstones of the most eminent personages in England Scotland and Ireland [T131017] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- -- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [T27439] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.280
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- --- Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- Select Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [ESTC T137253]
- Page No(s):
- p.212
- Poem Title:
- In a Country Churchyard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]
- Page No(s):
- p.153
- Poem Title:
- LXV.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]
- Page No(s):
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- Title:
- The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
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