English poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930
This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "R. B."
Robert Seymour Bridges
WorksEdit
- "Wooldridge, Harry Ellis," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement, London: Oxford University Press (1927)
Poetry collectionsEdit
- The Growth of Love (1876;1889)
- Prometheus the Firegiver: A Mask in the Greek Manner (1884)
- Nero (1885)
- Eros and Psyche: A Narrative Poem in Twelve Measures (1885;1894). A story from the Latin of Apuleius.
- Return of Ulysses (1890)
- Shorter Poems, Books I - IV (1890)
- Shorter Poems, Books I - V (1894)
- Ibant Obscuri: An Experiment in the Classical Hexameter
- The Necessity of Poetry (1918)
- October and other poems, with occasional verses on the war (1920) (external scan)
- New Verse (1925)
- The Tapestry: Poems (1925)
- The Testament of Beauty (1929;1930)
PoemsEdit
- Come, O Creator Spirit, come (1899)
- "'Wake up, England' " and "Hymn in War Time" from Poems of the Great War (1914).
- From A Treasury of War Poetry, ... 1914-1919 (1917):
- "To the United States of America" p. 88.
- "The Chivalry of the Sea" p. 322.
- "Trafalgar Square" p. 353.
- "Lord Kitchener" p. 384.
Criticism and essaysEdit
- Milton's Prosody, With a Chapter on Accentual Verse (1893).
- Keats (1895)
- The Spirit of Man (1916)
- Collected Essays, Papers, Etc. (1927-36)
Works about BridgesEdit
- "Bridges, Robert Seymour," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
- "Bridges, Robert (English poet)," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
- "Bridges, Robert," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Bridges, Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Bridges, Robert," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Bridges, Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed., 1922)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1928.
The longest-living author of these works died in 1930, so these works are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 92 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
