Author:William Collins

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William Collins (1721–1759)

He was an important English poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the romantic era which would soon follow.

Works

• Persian Eclogues (1742)
• Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746
• Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects (1746)
• Ode on the Death of Thomson (1749)
• Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands (1750)
• Ode to Evening (1746)

Works about Collins

• William Collins article in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.