Poetry Codex

Victorian

William James Dawson

1854–1928

William James Dawson (1854–1928) was an English clergyman, lecturer, poet, hymn-writer and author.

The poems here are taken from Alfred H. Miles (ed.), The Poets and the Poetry of the Century (London: Hutchinson, 1891–1897), vol. 8, from the Internet Archive scans of that edition. Spelling is that of the anthology; Miles's biographical essay and extracts from longer poems are omitted, and only poems that could be read cleanly from the scan are included.

Poems (12)

  1. The Coming of the Soul
  2. Flower Faces
  3. The First-born
  4. In that sore hour around thy bed there stood
  5. The Sleeping Mother
  6. Her face is hushed in perfect calm
  7. To a Little Child
  8. Inspirations
  9. Bird's Song at Morning
  10. Ideal Memory
  11. To a Desolate Friend
  12. The Angel at the Ford

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