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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Life of Last Year 29 November 2013
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Light or Sheäde 29 November 2013
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Linda Deane 19 May 2014
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Lindenore 19 May 2014
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Lines, Addressed to an Oak Near My Father's Cottage 19 May 2014
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Lines, Suggested on Passing the Barrows on a Dorsetshire Down 29 November 2013
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Lizzie 19 May 2014
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Looks a-Know'd Avore 19 May 2014
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Lost Shades 17 May 2014
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Love's Way 19 May 2014
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