“With woeful measures wan Despair, Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild.”

About William Collins

Poet • British

William Collins was a prominent English poet of the mid-18th century whose work is often seen as a precursor to the Romantic movement. Born in Chichester, he was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College,...