Writer of pieces in passing?

• Poet like Thomas Gray
• Thomas Gray, e.g
• Ovid, during his exile
• Glee? It’s unusual for this writer
• Thomas Gray was one
• Gray, for one
• Woman returns after clear message (delivered starkly?)
• Gray was one

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Elegist \El"e*gist\, n. A write of elegies. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster] ||