Modern Yorkshire Poets Author:William Andrews General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1885 Original Publisher: A. Brown and sons Subjects: English literature English poetry Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poetry / Engl... more »ish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHARLES DAVID MORLEY. Mr. Morley is a member of the scholastic profession, and has held appointments at various schools in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and at Brighton, in Sussex. He is a native of the ancient town of Beverley, was born May 5th, 1858, and was educated at St. Mary's school in that place. Mr. Morley is a poet of considerable promise, and a volume of his verses appeared in 1883, entitled " Aglaia Unveiled " (London : E. W. Allen). It was favourably noticed in the Graphic, and other journals. The following poems are extracted from his book : -- HOLY ROOD. Here then they sleep, the unrenowned, the hoary ; Chill, silent, sparkless, blind ; Uncouthly decked, each with his simple story Of rural life and kind. The reverend sire, who fiom his labours resting Was slowly carried out. His lowly worth his neighbours there attesting. His children round about. These holy matrons of their simple village, From kindly home and kin, No more shall toil in harvest-time, nor tillage, Tend roost, nor sew, nor spin. Fair daughters taken in their summer beauty. The young, the loved, the dear ; Sons, caught from earth in pleasure, or in duty. Behold them ! they are here. " Upon thy breast the dull earth coldly presses, On lips the clay, ah thee! Dust fills the beauty of thy golden tresses, Death sleeps up...« less