Thomas Warton

Thomas Warton was an 18th-century English poet and literary historian. His poetry is known for its medieval themes and melancholic, reflective tone. Biografie ↓Mehr ↓

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Thomas Warton

While Summer Suns O'er the Gay Prospect Play'd

While summer suns o'er the gay prospect play'd, Through Surrey's verdant scenes, where Epsom spread 'Mid intermingling elms her flowery meads, And Hascombe's hill, in towering groves array'd, Rear'd its romantic steep, with mind serene, I journey'd blithe. Full pensive I return'd; For now my breast with hopeless passion burn'd, Wet with hoar mists appear'd the gaudy scene, Which late in careless indolence I pass'd; And Autumn all around those hues had cast Where past delight my recent grief might trace. Sad change, that Nature a congenial gloom Should wear, when most, my cheerless mood to chase, I wish'd her green attire, and wonted bloom!

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An English poet, literary historian, and critic, he served as Professor of Poetry at Oxford before becoming Poet Laureate in 1785. His own verse often draws on medieval and Gothic imagery, exploring solitude, nature, and the sublime. Notable works such as 'The Pleasures of Melancholy' helped define the Graveyard School's preoccupation with mortality and contemplation. As a scholar, his pioneering 'History of English Poetry' provided the first major survey of early English verse, shaping subsequent literary study. His antiquarian interests and revival of older forms influenced the Romantic poets who followed.

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