Birth date:
1858
Death date:
1935
Birth town:
Country:
England
Sir William Watson (1858 – 1935), was an English poet, popular in his time for the political content of his verse. He was born in Burley, in West Yorkshire.
He was very much on the traditionalist wing of English poetry. He was a prolific poet of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book, without 'decadent' associations. He was also a defender of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as he dropped out of fashion. On Tennyson's death, Watson was a strong candidate for Poet Laureate but his earlier opposition to the Boer War had made him politically unsuitable and he was passed over for Alfred Austin.
Poems by this Poet
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| Lines In A Flyleaf Of 'Christabel | 31 July 2013 |
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| Sketch Of A Political Character | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Man Who Saw | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Russ at Kara | 31 July 2013 |
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| A Child's Hair | 30 July 2013 |
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| Well He Slumbers, Greatly Slain | 31 July 2013 |
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| Dedication Of 'The Dream Of Man' To London, My Hostess | 31 July 2013 |
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| Lines To Our New Censor | 31 July 2013 |
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| Skyfaring | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Men Who Man Our Batteries | 31 July 2013 |
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