Christian Gray

Christian Gray (1772circa 1830) was a Scottish poet. Blind from a young age, Gray was known as the "blind poet" and wrote in both Scots and English. She published two volumes of poems in a variety of genres, including political, religious, and autobiographical.

Biography

Christian Gray was born by April 1772 in Aberdalgie, Perthshire. she was the eldest of two children who survived to adulthood. She had passages of the Bible and poetry read to her often, and she knitted while walking in nature. Some of her poems were written in response to well-known Scots songs. She composed poems in her head and recited them from memory until a visitor would write them down for her, often the schoolmaster of Aberdalgie. Another poem, "Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, a Legendary Tale," reflects on Gray's intellectual and literary growth.