Who is Ebenezer Elliott

Ebenezer Elliott (17 March 1781 – 1 December 1849) was an English poet, known as the Corn Law rhymer for his leading the fight to repeal the Corn Laws, which were causing hardship and starvation among the poor. Though a factory owner himself, his single-minded devotion to the welfare of the labouring classes won him a sympathetic reputation long after his poetry ceased to be read.

Early life

Elliott was born at the New Foundry, Masbrough, in the parish of Rotherham, Yorkshire. His father, known as "Devil Elliott" for his fiery sermons, was an extreme Calvinist and a strong Radical. He was engaged in the iron trade. His mother suffered from poor health, and young Ebenezer, although one of eleven children, of whom eight reached maturity, had a solitary and rather m...
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Ebenezer Elliott Poems

• Plaint
  Dark, deep, and cold the current flows
  Unto the sea where no wind blows,
  Seeking the land which no one knows.
  ...
• Battle Song
  Day, like our souls, is fiercely dark;
  What then? 'Tis day!
  We sleep no more; the cock crows-hark!
  To arms! away!...

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Comments about Ebenezer Elliott

• Nathanfrancis__: poems:
• 606f84551bce490: “and here the sunflower of the spring burns bright in the morning’s beam.” – ebenezer elliott
• Screwloose1980: ebenezer elliott monument, market place in 1870 looking towards high street, shops on right include thos, myers, jeweller, alfred brookes, hosier and glover, robert wm, brookes, restaurant, george hotel, left, (with five chimneys)
• Jacob_smmn: reading an essay by john addy re pgs, which reveals that ebenezer elliott, the 'corn law rhymer', spent a brief spell there whilst living in thurlstone, 1790.
• Oracleseagull: why the f would we name this winter storm “elliott.” we couldn’t be more creative than that? i mean, ebenezer is both creative and on-holiday brand.

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