Thomas Chatterton
Who is Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Although fatherless and raised in poverty, Chatterton was an exceptionally studious child, publishing mature work by the age of 11. He was able to pass off his work as that of an imaginary 15th-century poet called Thomas Rowley, chiefly because few people at the time were familiar with medieval poetry, though he was denounced by Horace Walpole.
At 17, he sought outlets for his political writings in London, having impressed the Lord Mayor, William Beckford, and the radical leader John Wilkes, but his earnings were not enough to keep him, and he...
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Thomas Chatterton Poems
- Goddwyn; A Tragedie
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
HAROLDE, bie T. Rowleie, the Aucthoure.
GODDWYN, bie Johan de Iscamme.
ELWARDE, bie Syrr Thybbot Gorges.
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- Chatterton's Will
Burgum, I thank thee, thou hast let me see
That Bristol has impress'd her stamp on thee,
Thy generous spirit emulates the Mayor's,
Thy generous spirit with thy Bristol's pairs.
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- à?lla, A Tragical Interlude - Act I
SCENE I.
CELMONDE, att BRYSTOWE.
Before yonne roddie sonne has droove hys wayne
Throwe halfe hys joornie, dyghte yn gites of goulde,
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- Eclogue The Third
Wouldst thou kenn Nature in her better parte?
Goe, serche the logges and bordels of the hynde ;
Gyfe theye have anie, itte ys roughe-made arte,
Inne hem you see the blakied forme of kynde .
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- The Death Of Nicou
On Tiber's banks, Tiber, whose waters glide
In slow meanders down to Gaigra's side;
And circling all the horrid mountain round,
Rushes impetuous to the deep profound;
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- Essdeewickett: some verse inspired by the death of thomas chatterton, the unknown poet:
auburn sleep,
and auburn dream.
wake and take a final breath.
a world was built,
made just for thee;
but it is someplace else.
now drift there in your auburn haze.
away,
away,
to sunny days;
- Turner40uvfpj: the complete poetical works of thomas chatterton: volumes i & ii ek2u2d8
- Ethan_iverson: happy birthday to thomas chatterton williams, a very important voice in the choir
- Fullautoslur: that thomas chatterton williams guy is one the biggest flipflopping pussies, and he doesnt even live in america, he lives in france. one day hes a 'classical liberal' who just wants to talk about the facts and then next day hes a jew-brainwashed sjw.
- Therealelaschuk: i refuse to believe there’s an actual person named thomas chatterton williams.
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