The article discusses the poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" by Thomas Gray, with particular focus given to the poem's use of melancholy and allusions to the poem "Comus" by John Milton, the Classical text "Thebaid" by Statius Crenaseus, and the epic poem "The Aeneid" by Virgil. The author's favorable opinion of the poem is also commented on.