English poets
English poets to know and love.
Tennyson
1809 - 1892Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is a classic example of a relatively modern writer who was strongly influenced by his deep knowledge and love of Latin poetry.
W E Henley
1849 - 1902Poet, critic and friend of R L Stevenson and J M Barrie
“A late lark” and “Madam Life”
Madam Life's a Piece in Bloom
Contrasting takes on death by the Victorian W E Henley
Westbrook
Twentieth century English poet writing in traditional forms.
Westbrook jokes about the novel
Emma Woodhouse was no retiring mouse
Westbrook on love and family.
Arm in Arm und Kron' an Krone steht der Eichenwald verschlungen,
A fine Swiss poet uses ancient myth.
Diese Mühsal, durch noch Ungetanes
Rilke sees a metaphor for life and death in the swan on land and on water.