Lewis Morris (poet)

For other people named Lewis Morris, see Lewis Morris (disambiguation).

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.^[1] 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

^ Stephens, Meic. "Morris, Sir Lewis (1833–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35114. Retrieved 2007-07-23.

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) googlebooks Retrieved May 3, 2008

External links

Works by or about Lewis Morris at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)

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