He was allowed at school and in vacations to read what books he liked, and revelled in the works of Fielding and Swift; ... It was while at this school that the future Laureate first wooed the Muse whose invoked inspiration was hereafter to be to him its own exceeding great reward. a The Summer Vacation, a a subject imposed by his master, was his first poem; and at the age of fifteen be, among other boys, anbsp;...
Title | : | The Lives of the Poets-Laureate. With an Introductory Essay on the Title and Office |
Author | : | Wiltshire Stanton AUSTIN (and RALPH (John) Barrister-at-Law.), John RALPH (Barrister-at-Law.) |
Publisher | : | - 1853 |
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