In the grand tapestry of Victorian literature, where titans like Tennyson, Browning, and Arnold cast long shadows across the poetic landscape, there exist quieter voices whose contributions, though perhaps less monumental, possess their own distinctive charm and significance. Edward James Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English novelist, journalist and poet whose work embodied "light grace, thei…
“Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.”
Neighbourhood:
Light Verse Poets, Love Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Longing, Joy
Joseph Addison, born on 1 May 1672 at Milston in Wiltshire and dead on 17 June 1719 at Holland House in Kensington, was one of the central makers of modern English prose. Poet, critic, dramatist, journalist, civil servant, parliamentarian, and Whig public intellectual, he achieved an influence out of proportion to the comparatively small bulk of his writing. His greatest achievement was not a single poem or play, tho…
“Wherever you see a great deal of politeness, you will find a great deal of pride.”
Neighbourhood:
Augustan Poets, Hymn Writers, Light Verse Poets, Political Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Peace, Wonder
