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Charles Dickens

I lived from 1812-1870. I was from England, and am in the English category.

I was influenced by poet George MacDonald.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is considered to be one of the greatest English novelists of the Victorian period. Dickens's works are characterized by attacks on social evils, injustice, and hypocrisy.

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My poetry

  • A Child's Hymn
    Hear my prayer, O heavenly Father,
    Ere I lay me down to sleep;
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • Little Nell's Funeral
    And now the bell, -- the bell
    She had so often heard by night and day
    37 lines
  • Lucy's Song
                How beautiful at eventide
                To see the twilight sh
    17 lines
  • The Song Of The Wreck
                The wind blew high, the waters raved,
                A ship dro
    43 lines
  • George Edmunds' Song
                Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around he here;
             
    17 lines
  • Gabriel's Grub Song
    Brave lodgings for one, brave lodgings for one,
    A few feet of cold earth, when life is done;
    7 lines
  • The Hymn Of The Wiltshire Laborers
                O God! who by Thy prophet's hand
                Didst smite the
    43 lines
  • The Ivy Green
                Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green,
                That creepe
    31 lines
  • Squire Norton's Song
                The child and the old man sat alone
                In the quiet
    34 lines
  • A fine Old English Gentleman
    I'll sing you a new ballad, and I'll warrant it first-rate,
    Of the days of that old gentleman who had that old estate;
    54 lines

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