Timeline
Lifetime:
1662 -
1708
Passed: ≈
316 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
William Walsh
Books by William Walsh
Despairing Lover
Poetry
Non-Fiction
Essays
Love
Friendship
Criticism
Classical
18th century
Despair
English poetry
Elegy
Correspondence
Neoclassical
Alexander Pope
“The Despairing Lover” is a collection of poems by William Walsh, an English poet and critic who is primarily known for his friendship with Alexander Pope. The poems explore themes of love, loss, and despair, often through the lens of classical mytho...