William Cosmo Monkhouse
Who is William Cosmo Monkhouse
William Cosmo Monkhouse (18 March 1840 – 20 July 1901) was a British poet and critic.
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Monkhouse was born and raised in London. His father, Cyril John Monkhouse, was a solicitor, and his mother's maiden name was Delafosse. Monkhouse was educated at St Paul's School, stopped his schooling at the age of seventeen to enter the board of trade as a junior supplementary clerk, from which grade he rose eventually to be the assistant-secretary to the finance department of the office. In 1870–1871 he visited South America in connection with the hospital accommodation for seamen at Valparaíso, Chile, and other ports; he served on different departmental committees, notably that of 1894–1896 on the Mercantile Marine Fund. Monkhouse was twice married: first, to ...
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- Platospupil: sing a song of summer,
the world is nearly still,
the mill-pond has gone to sleep,
and so has the mill.
–william cosmo monkhouse (1840–1901)
- Mbharrington501: sing a song of summer,
the world is nearly still,
the mill-pond has gone to sleep,
and so has the mill.
–william cosmo monkhouse (1840–1901)
- Sahucar: there was a young lady of niger
who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
they returned from the ride
with the lady inside,
and the smile on the face of the tiger.
– william cosmo monkhouse
- Book_addict: happy birthday to english writer and poet william cosmo monkhouse (march 18, 1840), author of the 1868 novel "a question of honour" et al.
- Agali_gcfr: there was a young lady of niger
who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
they returned from the ride
with the lady inside,
and the smile on the face of the tiger.
(c) william cosmo monkhouse
04/01/2017
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