Victorian

Richard Middleton

1882–1911


Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911) was an English poet and story writer, remembered most for his short ghost stories, in particular "The Ghost Ship".

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

  1. Pagan Epitaph
  2. Any Lover, Any Lass
  3. On a Dead Child
  4. The Carol of the Poor Children
  5. Autumnal
  6. Dream Song
  7. For He Had Great Possessions
  8. Serenade
  9. The Song of the King's Minstrel
  10. The Lass that Died of Love

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