Poems
- Albion's Triumph. An Ode.
- An Ode Sacred To The Birth Of The Marquis Of Tavistock.
- Apollo And Daphne
- Irene, An Heroic Ode In The Stanza Of Spenser.
- Part Of Psalm Xlii In Imitation Of The Style Of Spencer.
- Phoebus Mistaken
- Poetical Love
- Stanzas Occasion'D By Reading Mr. Pope's Imitation Of Horace, Book Iv. Ode I.
- Susanna And Lucretia
- The Character And Speech Of Cosroes The Mede: An Improvement Of The Squire's Tale Of Chaucer.
Analysis
- Albion's Triumph. An Ode.
- An Ode Sacred To The Birth Of The Marquis Of Tavistock.
- Apollo And Daphne
- Irene, An Heroic Ode In The Stanza Of Spenser.
- Part Of Psalm Xlii In Imitation Of The Style Of Spencer.
- Phoebus Mistaken
- Poetical Love
- Stanzas Occasion'D By Reading Mr. Pope's Imitation Of Horace, Book Iv. Ode I.
- Susanna And Lucretia
- The Character And Speech Of Cosroes The Mede: An Improvement Of The Squire's Tale Of Chaucer.
Themes Samuel Boyse wrote about
Biography
Born in Dublin, Boyse was the son of Joseph Boyse, a Presbyterian minister. He studied in Dublin, then Glasgow University; he had no profession other than writer, a career which took him to Edinburgh and London. He married at the age of 20.
Boyse "had many brilliant opportunities for advancement, all of which he wasted by almost inexplicable recklessness", according to William Lloyd Phelps. "Debts at length drove him from Edinburgh. He often had to beg for the smallest coins, and wrote verses in bed to obtain money for clothes and food."
Boyse became a regular contributor to Gentleman's Magazine, where he wrote under the pen names "Alcaeus" and "Y". Boyse was patronized by Sir Robert Walpole, but later fell into poverty during the latter part of his life. He was sometimes regarded as dissolute, sometimes as insane.
His religious verse was valued, and his poetry was collected and reprinted. He died of consumption, although the circumstances of his death have been disputed.
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