Gray was one

• Thomas Gray, e.g.
• Gray is one for example appearing in computer catalogue?
• Poet, say, among group of very minor celebs?
• Ovid, during his exile
• Writer of sad poems
• The author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
• Poet like Thomas Gray

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

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse.