William Hayley is perhaps destined to remain known more as the object of the satirical scorn of his betters than for his own voluminous and popular poetic output. Blake in Milton (1808") and Jerusalem...
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William Hayley was one of the most popular poets of the period from 1780 to 1800, but even in his own lifetime he dropped out of the accepted canon. He is known today as the generous but bemused patro...
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