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Collins, William (1721 - 1759)

Index to poems

  1. Ode on the Poetical Character
  2. An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland, Considered as the Subject of Poetry
  3. Ode to Evening
  4. Ode to Liberty
  5. Ode to Simplicity
  6. Ode, Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746
  7. The Passions
  8. A Song from Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Biography: 
  • Griffin, Dustin. “Collins, William (1721-1759).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Given Name: 
William
Family Name: 
Collins
Birth Date: 
December 25, 1721
Death Date: 
June 12, 1759
Nationality: 
English
Family Relations: 
mother : Elizabeth Collins
sister : Elizabeth Collins
sister : Anne Collins

Education

Spoken Languages: 
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Literary Period: 
Augustan
Literary Movement: 
Unknown

Illness

Buried At: 
St. Andrew's Church, Chichester
First RPO Edition: 
1997