George Harrison
English musician and member of the Beatles (1943-2001)
Ralph Hodgson
British writer (1871-1962)
Ralph Hodgson (9 September 1871 – 3 November 1962), Order of the Rising Sun (Japanese Xu Ri Zhang ), was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime as an early member of the Georgian School of poets, which included Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Walter de la Mare, Robert Graves and A. E. Housman.
He shunned overt publicity and guarded his personal life fiercely but, at the same time, was a great, sometimes exhausting talker.
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Ralph Hodgson (9 September 1871 – 3 November 1962), Order of the Rising Sun (Japanese Xu Ri Zhang ), was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime as an early member of the Georgian School of poets, which included Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Walter de la Mare, Robert Graves and A. E. Housman.
He shunned overt publicity and guarded his personal life fiercely but, at the same time, was a great, sometimes exhausting talker. He kept up a copious correspondence with other poets and literary figures, especially Siegfried Sassoon, as well as people he met in his time in Japan, such as Professor Takeshi Saito.
His poem The Bells of Heaven was ranked 85th in the list of Classic FM’s One Hundred Favourite Poems. It reflected his deep concerns with ecological matters and with cruelty to animals. One of his closest friends was Henry Salt, for whom he wrote the anti-feather-trade poem, To Deck A Woman.
4 Quotes by Ralph Hodgson
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Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?
Ralph HodgsonBritish writer (1871-1962)
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Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Ralph HodgsonBritish writer (1871-1962)
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
Ralph HodgsonBritish writer (1871-1962)
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Did anyone ever have a boring dream?
Ralph HodgsonBritish writer (1871-1962)