10. Select the best stanzas and explain their superiority.
11. Do any lines suggest Gray's sensitive dislike of the spirit of his times and the melancholy reserve in his nature? Which lines?
FOR REFERENCE
"Life of Gray."—Mason.
"Life of Gray" ("English Men of Letters").—Gosse.
"Gray and his Friends."—Tovey.
"Essays."—Lowell.
"Letters."—Ed. Rideout.
