John Dyer
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John Dyer was a painter and Welsh poet who became a priest in the Church of England. He was most recognised for Grongar Hill, one of six early poems featured in a 1726 miscellany. Longer works publish
The Bard of the Fleece, a portrait provided by a relative and incorporated into a design engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, 1855
Aberglasney House, home of the Dyer family from 1710
Title page of The Fleece
Augustan poetry
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In English literature, Augustan poetry is a branch of Augustan literature, and refers to the poetry of the 18th century, specifically the first half of the century. The term comes most originally from
John Dyer
…Pope's Windsor Forest. Though the rhymes and grammar are uncertain, the poem was eventually to be accounted his best work and was recognised as a precursor of Romanticism. Dyer worked outside the trend of politically oriented work and kept his focus on the rural landscape, its colours and visual perspective, following…
Alexander Pope, the single poet who most influenced the Augustan age.
A William Blake illustration for Edward Young's Night Thoughts.