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Henry Kirke White
Henry Kirke White (21 March 1785 – 19 October 1806) was an English poet. He died at the young age of 21.
Life.
White was born in Nottingham, the son of a butcher, a trade for which he was himself intended. However, he was greatly attracted to book-learning. By age seven, he was giving reading lessons (unbeknownst to the rest of the family, being offered after the household were abed) to a family servant. After being briefly
of Henry Kirke White" (1908). Lord Byron said of White in a tributary eulogy 'while life was in its spring, thy young muse just waved her joyous wing'. White's complete works were published in 1923.
External links.
- Example of White's poetry
- Papers of Henry Kirke White are held at Manuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham
- O Lord, another day has flown