William Collins (1721–1759) was a gifted and learned poet, but had to content with unfavorable circumstances and work amid uncongenial surroundings. Melancholy was his companion, and by the time he died, he was classified as insane.
Tag: Poetry
Alexander Pope was most successful as a translator of Homer, but his reputation stems from his genius as a satirist, mostly. He was also among the finest epistolary poets in English.
Did you know that none of Edward Taylor’s poetry was published until 1939?
Even after well-nigh 400 years, Vaughan retains this peculiar power to astonish.
Fiction and the imagination – what an interesting duo. Dangerous, too, but nowhere near as bad as movies.
