Southey
Robert, 1774–1843, English poet and prose writer: poet laureate 1813–43.
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“The arts babblative and scribblative,” the poet Robert Southey once said.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Jan. 14, 2013 | Jimmy So, G. Clay Whittaker | January 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTChapelaine celebrated her in 12 times 1200 verses; Southey has made her the subject of an epic, and Schiller of a tragedy.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellOh, that Mr. Southey would remember the quotation which he himself brings forward from Jeremy Taylor!
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamIn 1812 he published his first volume, called ‘Metrical Effusions,’ and began a correspondence with Southey.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieHe belonged to the literary class of which, perhaps, Southey may be regarded as facile princeps.
Here Southey entered steadily and industriously on the life of an author for livelihood; it was by no means unremunerative.
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British Dictionary definitions for Southey
/ (ˈsaʊðɪ, ˈsʌðɪ) /
Robert. 1774–1843, English poet, a friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge, attacked by Byron; poet laureate (1813–43)
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