Robert Southey was born in Bristol on 12 August 1774 and died at Greta Hall, near Keswick in the Lake District, on 21 March 1843. During his lifetime he was among the most visible men of letters in Britain: a poet, historian, biographer, reviewer, editor, translator, political commentator, children’s writer, and, from 1813 until his death, Poet Laureate. Yet posterity has treated him unevenly. He is often remembered…
“A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness.”
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Hymn Writers, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Irony, Wonder
Juliusz Słowacki was born on 4 September 1809 in Krzemieniec, in Volhynia, a town then located within the Russian Empire and now known as Kremenets in Ukraine. He died in Paris on 3 April 1849, not yet forty years old, but by then he had produced a body of poetry and drama of extraordinary range, daring, and linguistic power. Together with Adam Mickiewicz and Zygmunt Krasiński, he stands among the central figures of…
“I shall see new countries and new people, live among them, think of death at Christ's tomb, pray for those I love, and return with a heart full of memories and images.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, Love Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Spirituality
