Josiah Tucker (Dean Tucker), a noted English economist and divine, was born at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, July 13, 1712, and died November 4, 1799. His “Important Questions on Commerce” (1755), won for him great fame.
Fixed in a white-thorn bush, its summer guest,
So low, e’en grass o’er-topped its tallest twig,
A sedge-bird built its little bendy nest,
Close by the meadow pool and wooden brig.
“The Rural Muse. Poems: The Sedge-Bird’s Nest,”—Clare.
John Clare, a celebrated English poet, was born in Helpstone, near Peterborough, July 13, 1793, and died at Northampton, May 20, 1864. His “Poems, Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery,” won for him great fame.
Busy, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me, and drink as I.
“On a Fly drinking out of a Cup of Ale,”—William Oldys.
William Oldys, a distinguished English biographer and antiquary, was born July 14, 1696, and died April 15, 1761. He wrote: “The British Librarian,” “The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh,” “The Universal Spectator,” etc.
Rise up, rise up, Xarifa! lay your golden cushion down;
Rise up! come to the window, and gaze with all the town.
The Bridal of Andalla,—John G. Lockhart.
John Gibson Lockhart, a renowned Scotch biographer and son-in-law of Walter Scott, was born at Cambusnethan, Lanark, July 14, 1794, and died November 25, 1854. He wrote: “Reginald Dalton,” “Adam Blair,” “Valerius,” “Matthew Wald,” “Life of Robert Burns,” a volume of translations of “Ancient Spanish Ballads,” and his most celebrated work, “Life of Sir Walter Scott.”