Timeline
Lifetime:
1805 -
1875
Passed: ≈
149 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Robert Stephen Hawker
Books by Robert Stephen Hawker
Song of the Western Men
Poetry
History
Drama
History
Revolution
Sea
Loyalty
England
Rebellion
Patriotism
Folklore
Cornwall
Trelawny
1688
Western Men
Hawker's "Song of the Western Men" is a powerful ballad that recounts the Cornish rebellion against William of Orange in 1688. The poem celebrates the bravery and loyalty of the Cornishmen, who stood against the new monarch despite the odds. It is a...