Excerpt from Poems Published in 1768 I have sought in the notes to the text of Gray's edition of 1768 here reprinted to avoid the quota tion of numerous parallel passages, the discussion of minor questions of interpretation, and the collee tion of literary details, which would befit a complete edition of his work. Moreover, from Mitford to Tovey this task has been carried on by a race of editors with far greater learning, diligence, and opportunity than I can claim. Gray really does not often need comment to render him intelligible to our day, though his own boggled over his obscurities; and no comment can win for him the love of those readers who fail to care for him with out it. I hope, however, I have left no serious difficulty unillustrated by the views of my prede cessors, or any other attainable means of elucidation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.