I lived from 1722-1800. I was from England, and am in the English category.
English critic and poet, eldest son of Thomas Warton (see below), was baptized at Dunsfold, Surrey, on the 22nd of April 1722, and entered Winchester school on the foundation in 1735. William Collins was already there, and the two formed a friendship which was maintained through their Oxford career. They read Milton and Spenser together, and wrote verses, which, published in the Gentleman’s Magazine, attracted the attention of Dr Johnson. Warton went to Oriel College, Oxford, in 1740, and took his B.A. degree in 1744. He took holy orders, and during his father’s lifetime acted as his curate at Basingstoke. He then went to Chelsea, London; but eventually returned to Basingstoke. He married, became rector of Winslade (1748), of Tunworth (1754); in t755 he was appointed a master in Winchester school, and headmaster in 1766. He was not a successful schoolmaster, and when the boys mutinied against him for the third time he wisely resigned his position (1793).
My poetry
- She bids the herds bound sportive o'er the meads,
And with glad songs awakes the joyous grove,22 lines - Queen of every moving measure,
Sweetest source of purest pleasure,12 lines, 3 comments - And silver lillies fill their cups with dews;
Flora for thee the laughing fields perfumes,24 lines, 1 comment - Ye green-rob'd Dryads, oft' at dusky Eve
By wondering Shepherds seen, to Forests brown,211 lines
