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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Rural Seclusion 29 November 2013
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Rustic Childhood 5 September 2014
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Ruth a-Riden 19 May 2014
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Ruth A-Riding 5 September 2014
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Ruth, a Short Drama from the Bible 5 September 2014
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Salkeld 29 November 2013
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Sam'el Down vrom Lon'on 19 May 2014
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School Feast - 5 September 2014
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School Song 2 - 19 May 2014
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Season Tokens 19 May 2014
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