William Collins 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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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1721 to 1759 · aged 37
Written about in
16 languages
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