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.
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| The Lute-Player | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Key-Board | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Great Misgiving | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Glimpse | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Fugitive Ideal | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Foresters | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Flight of Youth | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Eternal Search | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Empty Nest | 31 July 2013 |
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| The Dream of Man | 31 July 2013 |
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