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Thomas Carlyle

I lived from 1795-1881. I was from Scotland.

I influenced poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Historian, essayist, and sage, Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) was one of most influential writers of Victorian England. He was born in a small village in Scotland, and was educated in Edinburgh, studying the classics and German. After leaving university, he started to write magazine articles, many on modern German literature. He then started to write longer pieces, including Sartor Resartus, his commentary on life, a history of the French Revolution, and many studies of heroes and strong leaders. Though often accused, rightly, of being undemocratic, Carlyle's writing attempts to invigorate the human soul and elevate the spirit.

My poetry

  • Fortuna
    The wind blows east, the wind blows west,
    And the frost falls and the rain:
    28 lines
  • Cui Bono
    What is Hope? A smiling rainbow
          Children follow through the wet;
    14 lines
  • Today
    So here hath been dawning
    Another blue Day:
    19 lines

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