{"id":206,"date":"2011-12-27T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T20:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wyrefarmed.artsrainbow.com\/2011\/12\/27\/rev-john-moultrie-1799-1874-poet-and-son-of-george-moultrie-rector-of-cleobury-mortimer\/"},"modified":"2011-12-27T20:19:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T20:19:00","slug":"rev-john-moultrie-1799-1874-poet-and-son-of-george-moultrie-rector-of-cleobury-mortimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/wyrefarmed\/2011\/12\/27\/rev-john-moultrie-1799-1874-poet-and-son-of-george-moultrie-rector-of-cleobury-mortimer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rev. John Moultrie (1799-1874) Poet and son of George Moultrie, Rector of Cleobury Mortimer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quite by chance, while researching the Postman’s Knock <\/b>beer (tribute to Cleobury writer Simon Evans<\/b>), I came across a Victorian poet – The Rev. John Moultrie<\/b> (1799-1874), son of George Moultrie<\/b>, the Rector of Cleobury Mortimer! I hadn’t come across him before but press-ganged him for this blog!<\/p>\n

There are at least two poems in his collection written at the vicarage in Cleobury Mortimer and one about Lady Godiva! <\/b>Unlike with Simon Evans however, I can’t point you to any beer named after him! He was a Reverend remember!
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Here’s a short biography of John Moultrie – <\/b>
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John Moultrie<\/b> (December 30, 1799 – December 26, 1874) was born in London and educated at Eton College. Many of his best verses were contributed to the Etonian. He entered Trinity College (Cambridge) in 1819, and in 1822 entered Middle Temple. Three years later he was ordained, and was presented to the living of Rugby by Lord Craven. At Rugby he became friends with Thomas Arnold<\/b>, to whom he addressed two sonnets.
\nHe published several volumes of verse during his lifetime. A complete edition of his poems was published in two volumes in 1876 with a memoir by Derwent Coleridge<\/b>. The volumes include some pieces popular at the time, “Godiva<\/i>,” “Three Minstrels<\/i>,” an account of meetings with Wordsworth, Coleridge and Tennyson<\/b>, “My Brother\u2019s Grave<\/i>,” and some hymns.
\n(A longer bio can be found here on Wiki – http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Moultrie_(poet)<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\nBIBLIOGRAPHY:<\/b>
\nPoems (1833); The Dream Of Life Lays of the English Church and Other Poems <\/i>(1843); Altars, Hearths and Graves <\/i>(1854); The Three Sons<\/i> (1858); Poems [first collected edition] in 2 vols<\/i> (1876).<\/p>\n

His poems can be read Here<\/a><\/b>
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\nThis is an extract from the poem Godiva a tale<\/b>
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<\/b>GODIVA, \u2014 A TALE.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Whoe’er has been at Coventry must know
\n(Unless he’s quite devoid of curiosity,)
\nThat once a year it has a sort of show,
\nConducted with much splendor and pomposity.
\nI’ll just describe it, if I can\u2014but no,
\nIt would exhaust the humour of a Fawcett, I
\nAm a vile jester\u2014though I once was vain
\nOf acting Fawcett’s parts at Datchet-lane.<\/p>\n

(It’s quite a long poem, so follow the link to read the full text). There are two poems in the collection above that are designated to the Vicarage in Cleobury. Type in Cleobury in the search and it will highlight them.)<\/p>\n

TEXT RECORDS:<\/b><\/p>\n

1820Godiva, \u2014 a Tale.<\/a>
\n1823Introductory Stanzas to the Second Canto of La Belle Tryamour. To ****.<\/a>
\n1823La Belle Tryamour, a Metrical Romance: by Gerard Montgomery. [Sir Launfal.]<\/a>
\n1823La Belle Tryamour. Canto II.<\/a>
\n1824La Belle Tryamour. Canto III.<\/a>
\n1824The Witch of the North.<\/a>
\n1824Three Sonnets by Gerard Montgomery.<\/a><\/p>\n

\nPUBLICATIONS:<\/b>
\nPoetry of the college magazine [with H. N. Coleridge]. 1819.
\nPoems. 1837.
\nPoetical works of Thomas Gray [ed. Moultrie]. 1845.
\nSaint Mary, the virgin and the wife. 1850.
\nThe black fence: a lay of modern Rome. 1850.
\nPsalms and hymns. 1851.
\nThe song of the Rugby church-builders. 1851.
\nA pentecostal ode. 1852.
\nThe poetical remains of William Sidney Walker [ed. Moultrie]. 1852.
\nSermons. 1852.
\nAltars, hearths, and graves. 1854.
\nPoems, ed. Derwent Coleridge. 2 vols, 1876.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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