George Darley
Who is George Darley
George Darley (1795–1846) was an Irish poet, novelist, literary critic, and author of mathematical texts. Friends with such literary luminaries as Charles Lamb, Thomas Carlyle, and John Clare, he was considered by some to be on a level with Tennyson in “poetic possibilities” in the 1840s, but in the words of famous literary critic George Saintsbury “he had the marks of a talent that never did what it had it in it to do.”
Early years and career
George Darley was born in Dublin, to Arthur Darley and his wife Mary. The Darleys were an important Dublin family of their time, and related to the Guinnesses by marriage, Arthur's sister Mary having married Richard Guinness, whose uncle Arthur Guinness founded the Guinness brewing company. The Darleys also had a co...
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George Darley Poems
- The Anonymous Poet
You, the choice minions of the proud-lipped nine
Who warble at the great Apollo's knee,
Why do you laugh at these rude lays of mine?
I seek not of your brotherhood to be:
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- The Solitary Lyre
Wherefore, unlaurell'd Boy,
Whom the contemptuous Muse will not inspire,
With a sad kind of joy
Still sing'st thou to thy solitary lyre?
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- Dirge
Prayer unsaid, and mass unsung, Deadman's dirge must still be rung:
Dingle-dong, the dead-bells sound! Mermen chant his dirge around!
Wash him bloodless, smooth him fair, Stretch his limbs, and sleek his hair ...
- The Joy Of Childhood
Down the dimpled green-sward dancing
Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy,
Bud-lipt boys and girls advancing
Love's irregular little levy. ...
- It Is Not Beauty I Demand
It is not Beauty I demand,
A crystal brow, the moon's despair,
Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand,
Nor mermaid's yellow pride of hair. ...
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- Occupydemocrats: breaking: brazilian prosecutors cut a deal with crook rep. george santos in which he agrees to formally confess to defrauding $1,300 in shoes and clothes from a rio de janeiro clerk and to pay damages to his victim. rt if he should be expelled from congress!
- Farbod_e: paul george has been down on the ground for an extended period of time after that rebound. the whole clippers team has surrounded him and he's being checked up on.
- Kuacfmtv: travels with darley: santa fe railroads & glamping, tonight at 7 on kuac tv
darley explores history and nature in and around santa fe, new mexico. she rides the new sky railway, created by george r.r. martin of game of thrones, and goes glamping.
- Sirwilliamorpen: an illustration by the landscape painter bea orpen hrha (1913-1980). bea was the daughter of sir william orpen's brother charles st george orpen (1864-1939), a solicitor and cerise maria orpen (née darley).
- Occupydemocrats: breaking: serial liar george santos whines that it’s “hurtful and divisive” that republican sen. john kennedy called him “nutty as a fruitcake” and a “bunny boiler” in reference to the crazed villain in the movie “fatal attraction.” rt if you have no sympathy for george santos!
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