Lewis Morris (poet)

Lewis Morris (poet)

Sir Lewis Morris (23 January, 1833 – 12 November, 1907) was a popular poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. Lewis Morris was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales to Lewis Edward William Morris and Sophia Hughes. He studied classics at Jesus College, Oxford, graduating in 1856: the first student in thirty years to obtain first-class honours in both his preliminary and his final examinations. [cite web |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35114| |publisher=Oxford University Press| work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|title= Morris, Sir Lewis (1833–1907)| last=Stephens| first=Meic| accessdate=2007-07-23] He then became a lawyer. In 1868 he married Florence Pollard. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1895, and narrowly missed being appointed Poet Laureate, possibly because of his association with Oscar Wilde. One of his most famous poems is "Love's Suicide".

Principal works

*"Songs of Two Worlds" 1875
*"The Epic of Hades" 1877
*"Gwen: A Drama in Monologue Six Acts." 1879
*"The Ode of Life" 1880
*"Poetical Works" 1882
*"Songs Unsung" 1883
*"Gycia: A Tragedy in Five Acts" 1886
*"Songs of Britain" 1887
*"Selections from the Works of Sir Lewis Morris" 1897
*"Harvest Tide: A Book of Verse" 1900
*"The New Rambler from Desk to Platform" 1905

References

* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=morris+lewis+sir+1833-1907&fq=&sd=desc&qt=first_page Worldcat.org] Accessed May 3, 2008
*Chisholm, Hugh. "Morris, Sir Lewis." "The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General information." (11 ed.) Vol. XVIII The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, New York, 1911. (pp. 870-871) [http://books.google.com/books?id=XbX3VOh5ziYC&pg=PA870&dq=sir+lewis+morris&as_brr=1&ei=x4IcSJGrD4LYywTWtdXQBg googlebooks] Retrieved May 3, 2008

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3A(texts)%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20(subject%3A%22Morris%2C%20Lewis%2C%20Sir%2C%201833-1907%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Morris%2C%20Lewis%2C%20Sir%2C%201833-1907%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Lewis%20Morris%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Lewis%20Morris%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Lewis%20Morris%22) Works by or about Lewis Morris] at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)


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