Untitled poem by John Gray, place of production unknown, date of production unknown : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
448633
Accession number: 
MA 14551.28
Author: 
Gray, John, 1866-1934, author.
Created: 
Place of production unknown, undated
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description: 
1 item (1 page) ; 19.2 x 22.4 cm
Notes: 

Poem is untitled; alternative title supplied from "The poetry of John Gray," an edited collection published in 1988.
Written in purple ink.
Originally accompanied a unidentified letter to Louÿs, per Fletcher 1988.

Summary: 

Never formally published in Gray's lifetime, this four-line poem that evokes a stag hunt may allude to Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" given a reference to the Roman goddess of the hunt, Diana, and the use of the term "queynte", per Fletcher 1988.

Provenance: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.