Selected Poems

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Freeman Press, 2018-08-10 - 198 psl.
First published in 1905, this volume contains a fantastic collection of poetry by Henry Austin Dobson. Henry Austin Dobson (1840 -1921), commonly Austin Dobson, was an English essayist and poet. Hos most famous poems include: "Tu Quoque," "A Gentleman of the Old School," "A Dialogue from Plato," and "Une Marquise." Contents include: "A Dead Letter," "A Gentlemen of the Old School," "A Gentlewoman of the Old School," "The Ballad of 'Bear Brocade'," Une Marquise," "A Revolutionary Relic," "The Drama of the Doctor's Window," "An Autumn Idyll," "A Dialogue from Plato," "Pot-Purri," "Dorothy," "Avice," "Virtuosso," "To Q. H. F.," etc. This wonderful collection is highly recommended for all lovers of poetry and it is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Dobson's seminal work. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

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Henry Austin Dobson was born on January 18, 1840 at Plymouth. He was employed in the Board of Trade from 1856-1901. He started writing original prose and verse around 1864 under the name Austin Dobson. His collections of poetry include Vignettes in Rhyme, Proverbs in Porcelain, Old-World Idylls, and Sign of the Lyre. After 1885, he wrote mostly critical and biographical prose. He wrote biographies of Henry Fielding, Thomas Bewick, Richard Steele, Oliver Goldsmith, Horace Walpole, and William Hogarth. His other works during this time include Four Frenchwomen, Eighteenth-Century Vignettes, and The Paladin of Philanthropy. He died on September 2, 1921.

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