Chronology Entry
Year
1768
Text
Gray, Thomas. Ode on the death of a favourite cat. (1768). In : Gray, Thomas. The works of Thomas Gray. Vol. 1. (London : William Pickering, 1840).
[On a favourite cat called Selima, that fell into a China Tub with gold fishes in ist, and was drowned, MS. Wharton. Walpole, after the death of Gray, placed the China Vase on a pedestal at Strawberry Hill, with a few lines of the Ode for its inscription.]
'Twas on a lofty vase's side,
Where China's gayest art had dy'd
The azure flowers that blow ;
Demurest of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima reclin's,
Gaz's on the lake below.
[On a favourite cat called Selima, that fell into a China Tub with gold fishes in ist, and was drowned, MS. Wharton. Walpole, after the death of Gray, placed the China Vase on a pedestal at Strawberry Hill, with a few lines of the Ode for its inscription.]
'Twas on a lofty vase's side,
Where China's gayest art had dy'd
The azure flowers that blow ;
Demurest of the tabby kind,
The pensive Selima reclin's,
Gaz's on the lake below.
Mentioned People (1)
Gray, Thomas
(London 1716-1771 Cambridge) : Dichter, Gelehrter, Briefe-Schreiber
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain