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Arthur Quiller-Couch

1863–1944


Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), who wrote as 'Q', was a Cornish novelist, critic and anthologist, born at Bodmin. He edited The Oxford Book of English Verse (1900) and became Professor of English Literature at Cambridge in 1912.

Lyra Celtica prints two of his poems, 'The Splendid Spur' and 'The White Moth', the latter described there as his most distinctively Celtic poem.

  1. The Splendid Spur
  2. The White Moth
  3. Upon New Tear's Eve
  4. Upon Eckington Bridge, River Avon
  5. Alma Mater
  6. Dawn and Dark
  7. Chant Royal of High Virtue

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