Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following t
First page of Dodsley's illustrated edition of Gray's Elegy with illustration by Richard Bentley
Thomas Gray, by John Giles Eccardt, 1747–48, National Portrait Gallery, London
Holograph manuscript of Gray's "Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard"
William Blake's watercolour illustration of the first stanza
St Giles' Church is an active parish church in the village of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England. A Grade I listed building, it stands in the grounds of Stoke Park, a late-Georgian mansion built by
St. Giles, Stoke Poges
Ground floor plan of St Giles' church, between 1840s and 1940s
Part of 'The Love of God' window
World War II memorial window