Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Poems in History
A Vision upon the Fairy Queen by Sir Walter Raleigh
The Soldier by Rupert Brooke
To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time–Robert Herrick
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Solitude: An Ode–Alexander Pope
William Blake–The Tiger
William Blake (1757-1827) an English poet and painter who had a major impact on the romantic era.
The Builders–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet who wrote many classics including “Paul Revere’s Ride.” He is one of the most important poets in American history.
Jabberwocky–Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carrol [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) was an English author and mathematician best know for his work Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Throw the Looking Glass.
Dulce Et Decorum Est–Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen was born at Oswestry on 18th March 1893
A month before his death he wrote to his mother: “My nerves are in perfect order. I came out again in order to help these boys; directly, by leading them as well as an officer can; indirectly, by watching their sufferings that I may speak of them as well as a pleader can.” Let his own words be his epitaph:?
“Courage was mine, and I had mystery;
Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery.”
~Siegfried Sassoon