I lived from 1847-1922. I was from England, and am in the English category.
A crusading journalist, social reformer, playwright, musician, author (novels and short stories) and an occasional poet who is best remembered from a single piece “Christmas Day In The Workhouse”. Ar one time this was the most performed recitation in the English Language!
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Links of interest include http://www.bookrags.com/biography/george-r-sims-dlb/
My poetry
- Billy's dead and gone to glory - so has Billy's sister Nell:
There's a tale I know about them were I poet I would tell103 lines, 2 comments - I stood at eve, as the sun went down, by a grave where a woman lies,
Who lured men's souls to the shores of sin with the light of h111 lines, 3 comments - It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse,
And the cold bare walls are bright161 lines, 1 comment - Been out in the lifeboat often? Ay, ay, sir, oft enough.
When it's rougher than this? Lor' bless you! this ain't what we calls roug123 lines, 4 comments - How is the boy this morning? Why do you shake your head?
Ah! I can see what’s happened—there’s a screen drawn round the bed.119 lines - I saw a lady up a court that leads to Drury Lane,
She held her head between her hands, and seemed to be in pain.40 lines
