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<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>. "Rolling circle" had been drafted as "hoop," and thus does not connote ballplay. Cricket writers have seen "flying ball" as a cricket reference, but a 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. <b>Note:</b> is it fair to assume that Gray is evoking student play at Eton in this ode? Do modern scholars agree with the 1747 publication date?</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. Accessed 12/29/2007 at <a href="http://www.thomasgray.org/">http://www.thomasgray.org</a>. "Rolling circle" had been drafted as "hoop," and thus does not connote ballplay. Cricket writers have seen "flying ball" as a cricket reference, but a 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. <b>Note:</b> is it fair to assume that Gray is evoking student play at Eton in this ode? Do modern scholars agree with the 1747 publication date?</p> | ||
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| Text | "What idle progeny succeed To chase the rolling circle's speed, Thomas Gray, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College," lines 28-30. Accessed 12/29/2007 at http://www.thomasgray.org. "Rolling circle" had been drafted as "hoop," and thus does not connote ballplay. Cricket writers have seen "flying ball" as a cricket reference, but a 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. Note: is it fair to assume that Gray is evoking student play at Eton in this ode? Do modern scholars agree with the 1747 publication date? |
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