Sir Henry Wotton was born on 30 March 1568 at Bocton Hall in Kent, into a family whose Protestant loyalties, landed status, and administrative connections prepared him for public life. He died on 5 December 1639 at Eton, having lived through the final decades of Elizabeth I’s reign, the long rule of James I, and the early, increasingly troubled years of Charles I. He is remembered in several capacities: as an ambassa…
“An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.”
Neighbourhood:
Cavalier Poets, Devotional Poets, Metaphysical Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Peace, Wonder
William Watson was born on 2 August 1858 at Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire, and died on 11 August 1935 at Ditchling, Sussex. During his lifetime he occupied a curious and at times conspicuous place in English literary culture. He was praised as one of the finest inheritors of the Victorian poetic tradition, repeatedly mentioned as a possible Poet Laureate, admired for his disciplined music and moral seriousness, and…
“We cannot believe that he criticiseth best who loveth best all styles both great and small.”
Neighbourhood:
Death & Mortality, Edwardian Poets, Georgian Poets, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Sorrow, Longing, Despair
