“When I define Gray as a poet of sentiment, you will understand that I distinguish him from the poet of passion and the poet of imagery.”

Distinguishing poetic sentiment from passion and imagery · Speech, Gray Memorial unveiling, Cambridge, 26 May 1885

• Art
• Poetry

“It is very interesting to see, in connexion with Wordsworth's adoration of the beauties of Nature, that his name and fame are incorporated with the scenery of the Lakes.”

Linking a poet's lasting fame with the landscape that shaped his vision · Speech, Wordsworth Society, 8 July 1885

• Fame
• Nature
• Poetry

“Before another winter came Henry Bright had passed away in his home amid his family and books, and had gone to his rest beneath the wreaths of his own Lancashire garden.”

A tender image of death framed by home, books and garden · Memorial essay, Henry Bright

• Death
• Memory
• Nature