William Collins | |
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![]() The sole portrait of William Collins, aged 14 | |
Born | Chichester, Sussex, England | 25 December 1721
Died | 12 June 1759 Chichester, Sussex, England | (aged 37)
Occupation | Poet |
William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the imaginative ideal of the Romantic era.