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BS: W.S. Landor, Poet (1775-1864)

13 May 24 - 04:02 AM (#4202448)
Subject: ADD: Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher(WS Landor)
From: The Sandman

Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.
Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art:
I warm'd both hands before the fire of life;
It sinks; and I am ready to depart.”
- Walter Savage Landor

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44562/dying-speech-of-an-old-philosopher


16 May 24 - 11:37 AM (#4202568)
Subject: RE: BS: W.S. Landor, Poet (1775-1864)
From: The Sandman

Apparently a poets poet praised by dylan thomas, shelley,swinburne etc


18 May 24 - 05:31 PM (#4202662)
Subject: RE: BS: W.S. Landor, Poet (1775-1864)
From: FreddyHeadey

BBC Radio4 for ~3 weeks

Judith Palmer presents the first of four programmes in which she joins enthusiasts up and down the land who meet to enjoy and promote their favourite poetry, beginning with the Walter Savage Landor Society of Warwick.


Producer - Viv Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001z68l