Thomas Gray, notably

• Gray, for one
• Thomas Gray was one
• The author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
• Poet like Thomas Gray
• Part of the leg is theme for poet
• Rilke, for one
• Bard for the bereaved
• Poet, say, among group of very minor celebs?

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