Author: William AndrewsPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528288095
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Excerpt from Modern Yorkshire Poets He has been a constant contributor of prose and poetry to the magazines for twenty years. His first sonnet was published in Good Words, for April, 1864. He has written largely for the Sunday at Home, Leisure H our, The Fireside, Home Words, Day of Rest, Day of Days, British Workman, Family Friend, C hildren's Friend, Animal World, Evening H ours, and other Maga zines. He has issued three volumes of poetry, namely, Wood Notes and Church Bells (london: George Bell and Sons, Lyrics Sylvan and Sacred (london George Bell and Sons, Sungleams; Rondeaux and Sonnets (london: Home Words Publishing Office, The critical press recognised in Mr. Wilton a writer, displaying a high religious purpose, with a delicate poetical fancy. A review of his first volume in London Society stated We have in our hands, one of the sweetest books of verse, to which we have ever given a repeated and delighted perusal, in Wood Notes and Church Bells, by the Rev. Richard Wilton. To many, many of these poems will be familiar, as one or two have been printed in the Times, and others have also had an extensive circulation. Mr. Wilton's 'mastery of the Sonnet - the true Italian Sonnet - one central thought set in flowing harmonious numbers, - is especially observable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
