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Document Details : Title: The Tripos Verses of Thomas Gray and Jacob Bryant Author(s): LEVINSON, Ephraim Journal: Humanistica Lovaniensia Volume: 73 Date: 2024 Pages: 577-609 DOI: 10.2143/HLO.73.0.3294208 Abstract : This article offers an edition of a set of Tripos verses by Thomas Gray (1716-1771) and Jacob Bryant (baptised 1717-1804) about the habitability of the moon and planets, based on its first printing (for the second Tripos day of 1736/37). All previous editions of both poems have used a corrupt later reprinting as copy-text, and Bryant’s work (which has never hitherto been translated) has regularly been misattributed. The commentary sets these verses in the context of the Tripos verse tradition and of the friendship between Gray and Bryant, and argues that the poems were written in conversation with each other and were originally read as such. Alongside giving the text and a translation of the verses, the edition provides a textual history and a collation of differences between the first and subsequent printing, suggesting that Bryant may have been responsible for some of the changes to his poem. |
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