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Norman Rowland Gale

I lived from 1862-1942. I was from England, and am in the English category.

I was influenced by poet John Clare.

Despite publishing almost two dozen books over a period of more than forty years Norman R Gale seems to have left behind very little biographical details.
He was British and lived from 1862 until October 7th 1942. He was both poet and story teller as well as a reviewer. According to a dedication in his book "more Cricker Songs" he spent some time as a schoolmaster.

His most famous work was the poem “The Country Faith” which was anthologised in the Oxford Book Of English Verse.

Publications
A Country Muse (2 vols), 1892
Orchard Songs, 1893
A June Romance, 1894
All Expenses Paid, 1895
Cricket Songs, 1894
Songs for Little People, 1896
Poems by John Clare (edited) 1901
Barty's Star, 1903
More Cricket Songs, 1905
A Book of Quatrains, 1909
Song in September, 1912
Solitude, 1913
Collected Poems, 1914
The Candid Cuckoo, 1918
A Merry-go-Round of Song, 1919
Verse in Bloom, 1925
A Flight of Fancies, 1926
Messrs Bat and Ball, 1930
Close of Play, 1936
Remembrances, 1937
Love-in-a-Mist, 1939
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    IT hardly seems that he is dead, 
      So strange it is that we are here 
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    Have you seen the golfers airy
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  • A Priest
    NATURE and he went ever hand in hand 
    Across the hills and down the lonely lane; 
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    My lass, when God
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  • An Orchard Dance
    All work is over at the farm
    And men and maids are ripe for glee;
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    THOUGH singing but the shy and sweet 
    Untrod by multitudes of feet, 
    7 lines, 1 comment
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    You voluble,
    Velvety
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