Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1823–1896) was an English poet and literary critic, best known for his work "The Angel in the House," which idealizes the virtues of domesticity and womanhood in Victorian England. His poetry often explored themes of marriage, love, and faith, reflecting his deeply conservative and religious views. Patmore worked as an assistant librarian at the British Museum and was well-connected within literary circles, including friendships with notable figures like Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His later works, such as "The Unknown Eros," revealed more mystical and spiritual preoccupations.

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THE HOMES OF ENGLANDThe stately homes of England!How beautiful they stand,Amidst their tall ancestral trees,O'er all the pleasant land!The deer across their greensward boundThrough shade and sunny gleam;And the swan glides by them with the soundOf some rejoicing stream.The merry homes of England!Around their hearths by night,What gladsome looks of household loveMeet in the ruddy light!The blessed... more...

PROEM.    ‘Many speak wisely, some inerrably:Witness the beast who talk’d that should have bray’d,And Caiaphas that saidExpedient ’twas for all that One should die;But what availsWhen Love’s right accent from their wisdom fails,And the Truth-criers know not what they cry!Say, wherefore thou,As under bondage of some bitter vow,Warblest no word,When all the rest are shouting to be heard?Why... more...

I.  FROM FREDERICK GRAHAM. Mother, I smile at your alarms!I own, indeed, my Cousin’s charms,But, like all nursery maladies,Love is not badly taken twice.Have you forgotten Charlotte Hayes,My playmate in the pleasant daysAt Knatchley, and her sister, Anne,The twins, so made on the same plan,That one wore blue, the other white,To mark them to their father’s sight;And how, at Knatchley harvesting,You... more...