Gerald Griffin was born in Limerick on 12 December 1803 and died in Cork on 12 June 1840, before his thirty-seventh birthday. His life was brief, restless, and divided between two vocations that seemed, in his own mind, increasingly irreconcilable: literature and religious service. In less than two decades of serious writing, he became one of the most distinctive Irish novelists of the early nineteenth century, a poe…
“I often long to see her, that I often think of her with gratitude and affection, and that the longer I live the deeper do I value her early love and care.”
Neighbourhood:
Irish Poets, Romantic Poets, Social Justice Poets
Emotional landscape: Peace, Tenderness, Wonder
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…
“War in fact is becoming contemptible, and ought to be put down by the great nations of Europe, just as we put down a vulgar mob.”
Neighbourhood:
Light Verse Poets, Love Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Longing, Joy
Themes they return to
Distinctive words drawn from each poet’s critiqued poems — what they keep writing about, not just what their biographies mention.
Shared
Edward James Mortimer Collins only
From the biographies
social
fiction
class
Gerald Griffin:
limerick, cork, christian brothers, the collegians, ellen hanley, john scanlan, hardress cregan, eily o'connor.
Edward James Mortimer Collins:
plymouth, francis collins, guernsey, berkshire, light verse, social observation, cornhill magazine, blackwood's magazine.
