Robert Southey

Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and one of the so-called "Lake Poets". Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries such as William Wordsworth, Southey's verse enjoys enduring popularity.

Major works

• Fall of Robespierre ( 1794 ).
• Joan of Arc: An Epic Poem ( 1796 )
• Poems ( 1797 - 99 )
• Letters from Spain ( 1797 )
• Devil's Thoughts ( 1799 )
• Thalaba the Destroyer ( 1801 )
• Amadis of Gaul ( 1803 ). Translation
• Madoc ( 1805 )
• Letters from England ( 1807 )
• Palmerin of England ( 1807 ). Translation.
• The Cid ( 1808 ). Translation
• The Curse of Kehama ( 1810 )
• The Life of Nelson ( 1813 )
• Roderick, the Last of the Goths ( 1814 )
• Wat Tyler: A Dramatic Poem ( 1817 )
• Journal of a Tour in Scotland in 1819
• A Vision of Judgment ( 1821 )
• Life of Cromwell ( 1821 )
• Thomas More ( 1829 )
• Cowper ( 1833 )
• The Doctors ( 1834 ). Includes his influential version of the fairy tale The Three Bears.
• The Inchcape Rock