Victorian

Theo Marzials

1850–1920


Theo Marzials (1850–1920), born Théophile-Jules-Henri Marzials, was a British composer, singer and poet. Max Beerbohm described him in 1894 as a "poet and eccentric".

The poems here are taken from Arthur Quiller-Couch's anthology The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (Clarendon Press, 1912).

  1. Song
  2. Death as the Teacher of Love-Lore
  3. A Pastoral
  4. Twickenham Ferry
  5. May Margaret
  6. Last Night (From the Swedish)
  7. Carpe Diem
  8. A Tragedy

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