Southey

[ sou-thee, suhth-ee ]

noun

1. Robert, 1774–1843, English poet and prose writer: poet laureate 1813–43.

Southey

/ ˈsaʊðɪ; ˈsʌðɪ /

noun

1. SoutheyRobert17741843MEnglishWRITING: poetWRITING: poet laureate Robert. 1774–1843, English poet, a friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge, attacked by Byron; poet laureate (1813–43)

Example Sentences

“The arts babblative and scribblative,” the poet Robert Southey once said.

From The Daily Beast

Chapelaine celebrated her in 12 times 1200 verses; Southey has made her the subject of an epic, and Schiller of a tragedy.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, that Mr. Southey would remember the quotation which he himself brings forward from Jeremy Taylor!

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In 1812 he published his first volume, called ‘Metrical Effusions,’ and began a correspondence with Southey.

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He belonged to the literary class of which, perhaps, Southey may be regarded as facile princeps.

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Here Southey entered steadily and industriously on the life of an author for livelihood; it was by no means unremunerative.

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