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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1747 | |||
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|Year Number=1 | |||
|Headline=Poet Thomas Gray: "Urge the Flying Ball." | |Headline=Poet Thomas Gray: "Urge the Flying Ball." | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location= | |Tags=College, Famous, | ||
| | |Location=England | ||
|Country= | |||
|Coordinates=51.49573549999999, -0.6044396 | |||
|State= | |||
|City=Eton College | |||
|Modern Address= | |||
|Game= | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Holiday= | |||
|Notables= | |||
|Text=<p>"What idle progeny succeed</p> | |Text=<p>"What idle progeny succeed</p> | ||
<p><a name="29"></a>To chase the rolling circle's speed,</p> | <p><a name="29"></a>To chase the rolling circle's speed,</p> | ||
<p><a name="30"></a>Or urge the flying ball?"</p> | <p><a name="30"></a>Or urge the flying ball?"</p> | ||
<p>Thomas Gray, <a id="n0u" name="n0u"></a><a name="0"></a>"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College," lines 28-30. | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Thomas Gray, <a id="n0u" name="n0u"></a><a name="0"></a>"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College," lines 28-30. Accessed 12/29/2007 at <a href="http://www.thomasgray.org/">http://www.thomasgray.org</a>.</p> | |||
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|Comment=<p> </p> | |||
<p> "Rolling circle" had been drafted as "hoop," and thus does not connote ballplaying . Cricket writers have seen "flying ball" as a cricket reference, but one Gray scholar cites "Bentley's Print" as a basis for concluding that Gray was referring to trap ball in this line. Steel and Lyttelton note that this poem was first published in 1747.</p> | |||
<p>The phrase "urge the flying ball" is re-used in later writings, presumably to evoke cricket playing.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Do modern scholars agree with the 1747 publication date?</p> | |||
<p>Is it fair to assume that Gray is evoking student play at Eton in this ode?</p> | |||
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|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Poet Thomas Gray: "Urge the Flying Ball."
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | College, FamousCollege, Famous |
| Location | EnglandEngland |
| City/State/Country: | Eton College, [[]] |
| Modern Address | |
| Game | |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Notables | |
| Text | "What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed,
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| Sources | Thomas Gray, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College," lines 28-30. Accessed 12/29/2007 at http://www.thomasgray.org. |
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| Comment |
"Rolling circle" had been drafted as "hoop," and thus does not connote ballplaying . Cricket writers have seen "flying ball" as a cricket reference, but one Gray scholar cites "Bentley's Print" as a basis for concluding that Gray was referring to trap ball in this line. Steel and Lyttelton note that this poem was first published in 1747. The phrase "urge the flying ball" is re-used in later writings, presumably to evoke cricket playing. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Do modern scholars agree with the 1747 publication date? Is it fair to assume that Gray is evoking student play at Eton in this ode? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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1747.1 Poet Thomas Gray: "Urge the Flying Ball.""
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