Selected Poetry of William Shenstone (1714-1763)
from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services,
University of Toronto Libraries
© 2012, Ian Lancashire for the Department
of English, University of Toronto
Index to poems
- A Pastoral Ballad, Absence
- The School-mistress
(excerpt)
Notes on Life and Works
- Baines, Paul. "Shenstone, William (1714–1763)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Jan. 2008.
Biographical information
Given name: William
Family name: Shenstone
Birth date: 13 November 1714
Death date: 11 February 1763
Nationality: English
Family relations
father: Ann Shenstone
father: Thomas Shenstone
brother: Thomas Shenstone
cousin: Edward Cooke
cousin: John Hodgetts
Language: English
Education
Schoolmistress Sarah Lloyd
Halesowen grammar school
Mr. Crompton, Solihull
Pembroke College, Oxford: May 1732 to 1742
Literary period: Augustan
Residences
Halesowen, Worcestershire: 13 November 1714
Leasowes: 1745 to 11 February 1763
Cause of death: Fever
Buried at: Halesowen churchyard
First RPO edition: 1996-2000
