William Collins (poet)
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William Collins was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan
The sole portrait of William Collins, aged 14
Blue Heritage Plaque marking William Collins' birthplace in Chichester.
Flaxman's memorial to Collins in Chichester cathedral, 1795
John Scott of Amwell
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John Scott, known as Scott of Amwell, was an English landscape gardener and writer on social matters. He was also the first notable Quaker poet, although in modern times he is remembered for only one
William Collins (poet)
…and their versification was distinguished by "crude imaginative force and incoherent, almost Ossianic, fervor". By contrast, the Oriental Eclogues of Scott of Amwell (1782) can stand "favourable comparison" with Collins' and their background details are supported by contemporary scholarship. In addition, Scott's…
A portrait engraving for the title page of Scott's Poetical Works, 1782
A contemporary engraving of Scott's Grotto at Amwell