Thomas Gray || Poet of lyric poems | Biography, Books, Writings & Quotes | Learning The Easy Way

Thomas Gray:

Thomas Gray was an English poet. He was one of the best known of English lyric poems. He was born in 1716 in England. He was also known as a Graveyard poet of English literature. He is a self-critical poem. He published only 13 poems in his life time. He died in 1771 at the age of 54 in England. 

Famous elegy:

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Famous quotes of Thomas Gray:

1. " Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,

          and waste its sweetness on the desert air". 

                                            (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard)

2. When ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise.

3. The Paths of glory lead but to grave.