ature. In 1813 he was appointed poet-laureate of England, and in
1835 received a pension from the government. He died in 1843. Southey,
Coleridge and Wordsworth are often called "The Lake Poets," because they
lived together for years in the lake country of England, and in their
writings described the scenery of that beautiful region.

TENNYSON, ALFRED, is considered the greatest poet of his age, and
one of the great English poets of modern times. He was born in the year
1809, and educated at Cambridge University. In 1850 he gave to the world
"In Memoriam," his lament for the loss by death of his friend, Arthur H.
Hallam. In 1851 he succeeded Wordsworth as poet-laureate of England. His
poems, long and short, are general favorites. His "Idyls of the King,"
"The Princess," "Maud," and "In Memoriam" are his chief long poems.
These are remarkable for beauty of expression and richness of thought,
of which Tennyson was master. He died in 1892, lamented by the entire
English-speaking world, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Tennyson
always loved the sea, the music of whose restless waves awakened an
answering echo in his heart.

WALLACE, WILLIAM R., was born at Lexington, Ky., in the year 1819.
As a poet he is best known as the author of "The Sword of Bunker Hill."

WESTWOOD, THOMAS, an English poet, was born in the year 1814, and
died in 1888. He wrote several volumes of poetry, one of which was
"Beads from a Rosary."

WHITTIER, JOHN G., called the "Quaker Poet," was born in
Massachusetts in the year 1807. His parents were Quakers and were poor.
When young he learned to make shoes, and with the money thus earned he
paid his way at school. He was a boy of nineteen when his first verses
were published. His poems were inspired by current events, and their
patriotic spirit gives them a strong hold upon the public. "Snow-bound"
is considered his greatest poem. Whittier loved home so much that he
never visited a foreign country, and traveled but little in his own. He
gave thirty of the best years of his life to the anti-slavery struggle.
While other poets traveled in foreign lands or studied in their
libraries, Whittier worked hard for the freedom of the slave. Of this he
wrote--
"Forego the dreams of lettered ease,
Put thou the scholar's promise by;
The rights of man are more than these."

Mr. Whittier died in the year 1892.

WISEMAN, C