Victorian

Sarah Williams

1841–1868


Sarah Williams (1841–1868) was an English poet and novelist, best known for "The Old Astronomer". She published under the pseudonyms Sadie and S.A.D.I.

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

  1. Youth and Maidenhood
  2. Deep-sea Soundings
  3. Omar and the Persian

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