Throughout history much has been written about the great King Solomon and most of what is known about his life is contained within the Old Testament of The Bible. He was considered the wisest of all Kings and people came from neighbouring countries, as well as from all over his own kingdom, to hear his wise words and judgements. He was a ...
Mary Darby Robinson packed quite a lot of London society life into her relatively short life and was ultimately a memorable “lady about town” (in other words a high class and much sought after bed mate). As a poet though her name is much less memorable. Her 18th century efforts to break into the London literary scene were pretty much a failure ...
Mary Coleridge was an English poet and novelist who, during her lifetime, was better known for her novels. Her reputation as a fine poet was only established after her early death at the beginning of the 20th century. It seems that she kept her poetry very much in the background of her life and only published poems using the pseudonym Anodos. Apparently ...
Born in Middlesex in 1664, Matthew Prior was a poet and experienced diplomat and is noted for the range of work that he produced from humorous poems to more ambitious epic works. Although he was largely successful as a poet, he often treated it as a pleasurable pastime rather than a true calling. His father was a joiner and moved to London ...
Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto was born in Reggio Emilia in 1474. His father was the commander of the city and Ariosto was the eldest of ten children. Although he was to study law in his youth, as was the practice of the day, the young man quickly developed an enduring love of poetry and learned about the classics for a while ...
