Birth date
1858
Death date
1935
Country
England
Poems by this Poet
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| The Man Who Saw | 0 | ||
| The Men Who Man Our Batteries | 0 | ||
| The Key-Board | 0 | ||
| The Glimpse | 0 | ||
| The Great Misgiving | 0 | ||
| The Fugitive Ideal | 0 | ||
| The Flight of Youth | 0 | ||
| The Foresters | 0 | ||
| The Empty Nest | 0 | ||
| The Eternal Search | 0 |
Sir William Watson (1858 – 1935), was an English poet, popular in his time for the political content of his verse. He was born in Burley, in West Yorkshire.
He was very much on the traditionalist wing of English poetry. He was a prolific poet of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book, without 'decadent' associations. He was also a defender of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as he dropped out of fashion. On Tennyson's death, Watson was a strong candidate for Poet Laureate but his earlier opposition to the Boer War had made him politically unsuitable and he was passed over for Alfred Austin.
He was very much on the traditionalist wing of English poetry. He was a prolific poet of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book, without 'decadent' associations. He was also a defender of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as he dropped out of fashion. On Tennyson's death, Watson was a strong candidate for Poet Laureate but his earlier opposition to the Boer War had made him politically unsuitable and he was passed over for Alfred Austin.