William Collins
(1721-1759)

Died aged 37

William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the imaginative ideal of the Romantic era.

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The Poet William Collins was born on this site 25 December 1721 and died in the Cathedral Cloisters 12 June 1759 How sleep the Brave, who sink to Rest By all their Country's Wishes blest!

?, Chichester, United Kingdom where they was born (1721)