Birth date: 
1801
Death date: 
1886
Birth town: 
Country: 
England

William Barnes was born at Blackmoor Vale in Dorset, the son of a farmer. He took a Bachelor of Divinity degree on a part-time basis at St. John's College, Cambridge, and became a clergyman in 1848. The poems he wrote about his birthplace on themes such as love, natural landscape and regional life brought him a lot of public acclaim. But he also had many other interests, especially languages. Apart from the classical languages, he also learned Welsh, Hindustani, Persian, Hebrew and a handful of European languages. His great interest in different kinds of knowledge made him write on different subjects such as mathematics, astronomy and geography. His real talent, however, lay in exploiting his poetic gift in the writing of folklore, thus setting the stage for people like Thomas Hardy.

Poems by this Poet

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Gammony Gaÿè 5 September 2014
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Good Meäster Collins 19 May 2014
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Good Night 5 September 2014
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Goody Tired 5 September 2014
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Grammer a-Crippled 29 November 2013
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Grecian Maids 5 September 2014
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Green 29 November 2013
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Grenley Water 5 September 2014
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Grief an' Gladness 29 November 2013
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Gruffmoody Grim 17 May 2014
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