{"id":19,"date":"2013-05-26T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T04:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:42:26","slug":"john-bolton-rogerson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/2013\/05\/26\/john-bolton-rogerson\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bolton Rogerson"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Bolton Rogerson<\/b>.
\n(Born in Manchester, where he resided nearly all his life, January<\/i>
\n20th, 1809; Died at the Isle-of-Man, October 15th, 1859, \u00c6 50 years.)<\/i>
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\nI often think of thee, dear ROGERSON!
\nAnd of the happy hours we spent together,
\nWith sunshine in our hearts whate\u2019er the weather;
\nTalking of Bards that from the earth were gone,
\nBut whose sweet songs still solace many a soul. 5
\nFor both our minds were steep\u2019d in po\u00ebsy,
\nAnd we had love for that philosophy
\nWhich teaches us our actions to control.
\nAnd when I saw thee dire afflictions bear
\nWith Christian resignation, thou to me 10
\nSet an example how to follow thee
\nIn life\u2019s most trying hours. I can compare
\nThee only to the wise in days of old,
\nAnd warmly in my memory thee enfold.
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\nBut though on earth we two no more must meet, 15
\nIn \u201cflow of soul\u201d to pass the fleeting hours,
\nLoving to linger in the Muses\u2019 bowers,
\nReluctant from them ever to retreat,
\nYet in thy Works we seem to meet again;
\nFor Rhyme, Romance, and Revelry are there, 20
\nAnd sound Philosophy for all the share;
\nBut not one word to cause the virtuous pain,
\nOr bring a blush of shame on maiden\u2019s cheek:
\nFor we though knew that they who wield the pen
\nShould seek to elevate their fellow-men,
\nAnd make all women kindly, pure, and meek.
\nThy life and conversation were the same, 25
\nAnd hence through all my years I honour thy dear name.<\/p>\n

George Markham Tweddell<\/b>
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\n“15th. October Saturday
Mr. John Bolton Rogerson<\/b> died in the Isle of Man, October 15th. He was born at Manchester, January 20, 1809, and was for many years a leading spirit in the literary coteries of the city. He wrote Rhyme, Romance, and Reverie, 1840; A Voice from the Town, 1842; Musings in Many Moods, 1859, and other poetical works. There is a portrait of him in Procter’s Literary Reminiscences.” From http:\/\/www.mancuniensis.info\/Chronology\/Chronology1859FPX.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nAnd here’s a link to Rogerson’s book on line – Rhyme, Romance and Reverie<\/b>.<\/div>\n
\n http:\/\/gerald-massey.org.uk\/Lancashire%20Miscellany\/b_J_B_Rogerson.htm<\/a><\/div>\n
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From http:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Rogerson,_John_Bolton_(DNB00)<\/a> – Read more on that site..<\/i>.
“ROGERSON, JOHN BOLTON <\/b>(1809\u20131859), poet, was born at Manchester on 20 Jan. 1809. At the age of thirteen he left school and began work in a mercantile firm, but was afterwards placed with a solicitor. Law being distasteful, he opened in 1834 a bookshop in Manchester, which he carried on until 1841. The next few years were devoted to literary work, and in 1849 he was appointed registrar of the Manchester cemetery at Harpurhey. He was a clever amateur actor, was president for some years of the Manchester Shakespearean Society, and was for a short time on the staff of the Manchester Theatre Royal. In youth he had written a play in three acts, called \u2018The Baron of Manchester,\u2019 which was produced at a local theatre. He also lectured on literary and educational subjects.<\/p>\n

From early years he was an eager, desultory reader, and soon became a writer of verse, but had enough discretion to destroy most of his juvenile efforts. He first appeared in print in 1826 in the \u2018Manchester Guardian,\u2019 and in the following year wrote for the \u2018Liverpool Kaleidoscope.\u2019 In 1828 he joined John Hewitt in editing the \u2018Ph\u0153nix, or Manchester Literary Journal,\u2019 a creditable performance, which lasted only a few months. He was joint-editor of the \u2018Falcon, or Journal of Literature,\u2019 Manchester, 1831; and edited the \u2018Oddfellows’ Magazine\u2019 from 1841 to 1848; the \u2018Chaplet, a Poetical Offering for the Lyceum Bazaar,\u2019 1841, and the \u2018Festive Wreath,\u2019 1842 (both published at Manchester).”<\/p>\n

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John Bolton Rogerson. (Born in Manchester, where he resided nearly all his life, January 20th, 1809; Died at the Isle-of-Man, October 15th, 1859, \u00c6 50 years.) I I often think of thee, dear ROGERSON! And of the happy hours we spent together, With sunshine in our hearts whate\u2019er the weather; Talking of Bards that from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/sonnetsonpoets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}