2 live poems · Irish Gaelic
Antoine Ó Raifteirí, more commonly known in English as Anthony Raftery, was born around 30 March 1779 at Killedan, near Kiltimagh in County Mayo, and died on 25 December 1835 at Killeeneen, near Craughwell in County Galway. He occupies a singular place in Irish literary history: he was a blind, impoverished, itinerant poet who belonged to the living oral culture of Irish-speaking rural Ireland, yet he has also become…
“The Church and myself have it made out that it was not Death that was there, but the devil that came to tempt me.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Irish Poets, Poet-Musicians
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Despair
Richard Monckton Milnes, later Lord Houghton, was born on 19 June 1809 in London, into a family whose wealth, political standing, and Yorkshire connections gave him access to the governing and literary worlds of nineteenth-century Britain. He died on 11 August 1885 at Fryston Hall, near Pontefract in Yorkshire, the family seat that remained both a refuge and a symbol of his inherited position. During his long life he…
“For this prominent problem of the genius of Gray every serious critic will attempt his own solution.”
Neighbourhood:
Love Poets, Social Justice Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Spirituality, Wonder
