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It is a better and a wiser thing to be a starved apothecary than a starved poet; so back to the shop Mr. John, back to "plasters, pills, and ointment boxes," &c. But, for Heaven's sake, young Sangrado, be a little more sparing of extenuatives and soporifics in your practice than you have been in your poetry.

John Gibson Lockhart

It is strange that no one seems to think it at all necessary to say a single word about another new school of poetry which has of late sprung up among us. This school has not, I believe, as yet received any name; but if I may be permitted to have the honour of christening it, it may henceforth be referred to by the designation of The Cockney School.

John Gibson Lockhart

Barring drink and the girls, I ne'er heard of a sin –
Many worse, better few, than bright, broken Maginn.

John Gibson Lockhart

Here lies the peerless paper lord, Lord Peter,
Who broke the laws of God and man, and metre.

John Gibson Lockhart

It is an old belief
That on some solemn shore
Beyond the sphere of grief
Dear friends shall meet once more.

John Gibson Lockhart

John Gibson Lockhart

John Gibson Lockhart

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Born: July 14, 1794

Died: November 25, 1854 (aged 60)

Bio: John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish writer and editor.

Known for:

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte (1832)
Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott (1835)
Ancient Spanish ballads
Reginald Dalton (1823)

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