Robert southey

'The Complaints of the Poor' by Robert Southey is a poignant poem that highlights the hardships and suffering faced by the impoverished. The poem delves into the daily struggles of the poor, shedding light on their pain, hunger, and lack of basic necessities. It emphasizes the indifference of the wealthy and society at large towards the plight of the less fortunate. Excited to learn more poems from Robert Southey? Visit our website. #author #RobertSouthey #poems #analysis #poetry #poetic

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John Opie was the husband of the novelist Amelia Opie and painted this portrait of the future poet laureate in 1806. Southey visited Norwich on a number of occasions - staying with his friend William Taylor. He also visited the 'Devil's cucumber frame' aka the Octagon Chapel on Colegate. (Taylor taught German to George Borrow at the Norwich School.) Southey must have been a perceptive guy because he once said: "For society, of all places I have ever seen, Norwich is the best." Hear, hear.

Lord Byron | Robert Southey, 1774-1843 - Byron's 'ballad-monger' It has been said that 'No poet so well known by his name is so little known by his poetry'. Robert Southey finds a place in Byron's satire 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers', published 1808 which ran to four later editions. 'Oh Southey ! Southey ! cease thy varied song ! / A bard may chant too often and too long', Engraved by E. Finden after a painting by T. Phillips R.A.

c.1790s.John Opie (1761-1807) Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait?).oil on canvas.54x46cm. Wawel Castle.Kraków.John Opie (16 May 1761–9 April 1807). Uber talented Cornish historical & portrait painter. Opie painted many notable men & women of the day including Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Francesco Bartolozzi,Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, Robert Southey, & Mary Shelley; 508 portraits in all, most in oil, and 252 other pictures. In 1805, Opie was elected a Professor at the Royal…

9, Wine Street birthplace of poet Robert Southey (born 1774). The building was blitzed during WW2 and replaced by office blocks including one named Southey House. "There is a magic in that little world, home; it is a mystic circle that surrounds comforts and virtues never known beyond its hallowed limits." Robert Southey

The portraitist and history painter John Opie was introduced to London in 1781 as 'the Cornish Wonder'. Opie’s style was marked by strong realism, and stri...

After Blenheim Robert Southey

Humble Selfie! John Opie (16 May 1761–9 April 1807). Uber talented Cornish historical & portrait painter. Opie painted many notable men & women of the day including Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Francesco Bartolozzi,Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, Robert Southey, & Mary Shelley; 508 portraits in all, most in oil, and 252 other pictures. In 1805, Opie was elected a Professor at the Royal Academy. Rival James Northcote said of him: Other artists paint to live; Opie lives to paint.