Bartholomew Simmons

Life
?1807-?1850; Legends, Lyrics, and Other Poems (Blackwood, 1843); contrib. Blackwood’s Magazine, Dublin University Magazine, Bolster’s Quarterly, and Dublin and London Magazine; his poetry is compared in mood with melancholy Byron and nature-loving Wordsworth; see ‘Forgotten Irish Poet’ in DUM, 83 (1874), and ‘Miniature Memoirs’ in Dublin Journal, 1 (1887). MKA

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