Lewis Morris (19th century)



Sir Lewis Morris (23 January 1833 – 12 November 1907) was a popular poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. Lewis Morris was born in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, in south-west Wales to Lewis Edward William Morris and Sophia Hughes. He studied classics at Jesus College, Oxford, graduating in 1856: the first student in thirty years to obtain first-class honours in both his preliminary and his final examinations. He then became a lawyer. In 1868 he married Florence Pollard. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1895, and narrowly missed being appointed Poet Laureate, possibly because of his association with Oscar Wilde. One of his most famous poems is "Love's Suicide".

Publications

 * Songs of Two Worlds 1875
 * The Epic of Hades 1877
 * Gwen: A Drama in Monologue Six Acts. 1879
 * The Ode of Life 1880
 * Poetical Works 1882
 * Songs Unsung 1883
 * Gycia: A Tragedy in Five Acts 1886
 * Songs of Britain 1887
 * Selections from the Works of Sir Lewis Morris 1897
 * Harvest Tide: A Book of Verse 1900
 * The New Rambler from Desk to Platform 1905