GERALD See also:

• GERALD MASSEY (1828-r9o7)
• MASSEY, SIR EDWARD (c. 1619-c. 1674)

MASSEY (1828-r9o7)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• TRING

Tring, See also:

• HERTFORDSHIRE [HERrs]

Hertfordshire, on the 29th of May 1828 . His parents were in humble circumstances, and See also:

• MASSEY, GERALD (1828-r9o7)
• MASSEY, SIR EDWARD (c. 1619-c. 1674)

Massey was little more than a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child when he was set to hard See also:

• WORK

work in a See also:

• SILK

silk factory, which he afterwards deserted for the equally laborious occupation of See also:

• STRAW

straw-plaiting . These See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early years were rendered gloomy by much See also:

• DISTRESS

distress and deprivation, against which the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man strove with increasing spirit and virility, educating himself in his spare See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and gradually cultivating his innate See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• LITERARY

literary work . He was attracted by the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement known as See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• SOCIALISM

Socialism, into which he threw himself with whole-hearted vigour, and so became associated with See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice and See also:

• KINGSLEY, CHARLES (1819-1875)
• KINGSLEY, HENRY (183o-1876)
• KINGSLEY, MARY HENRIETTA (1862-1900)

Kingsley . His first public See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as a writer was in connexion with a See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal called the Spirit of Freedom, of which he became editor, and he was only twenty-two when he published his first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of poems, Voices of Freedom and Lyrics of Love . These he followed in rapid See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession by The Ballad of Babe Christabel (1854), See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War See also:

• WAITS (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch,")

Waits (1855), See also:

• HAVELOCK, SIR HENRY (1795-18J7)

Havelock's See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March (1860), and A See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale of Eternity (1869) . Many years afterwards in 1889, he collected the best of the contents of these volumes, with additions, into a two-volume edition of his poems called My Lyrical See also:

• LIFE

Life . He also published See also:

• WORKS

works dealing with See also:

• SPIRITUALISM

spiritualism, the study of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's sonnets (1872 and 1890), and theological See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation . It isgenerally understood that he was the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
• ELIOT, GEORGE
• ELIOT, JOHN (1604-1690)
• ELIOT, SIR JOHN (1592-1632)

Eliot's See also:

• FELIX
• FELIX, ANTONIUS
• FELIX, LIA (1830– )

Felix See also:

• HOLT, SIR JOHN (1642–1710)

Holt . Massey's See also:

• POETRY

poetry has a certain rough and vigorous See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of sincerity and strength which easily accounts for its popularity at the time of its See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . He treated the theme of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• GRENVILLE (or GRANVILLE), SIR RICHARD (r600-1658)
• GRENVILLE (or GREYNVILE), SIR RICHARD (c. 1541-1591)
• GRENVILLE, GEORGE (1712-1770)
• GRENVILLE, SIR BEVIL (1596-1643)
• GRENVILLE, WILLIAM WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, BARON (1759-1834)

Grenville before See also:

• TENNYSON, ALFRED TENNYSON

Tennyson thought of using it, with much force and vitality . Indeed, Tennyson's own praise of Massey's work is still its best eulogy, for the See also:

• LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

Laureate found in him " a poet of See also:

• FINE

fine lyrical impulse, and of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• HALF

half-See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination." The See also:

• INSPIRATION (Lat. inspirare, breathe upon or into)

inspiration of his poetry is essentially See also:

• BRITISH

British; he was a patriot to the core .

It is, however, as an Egyptologist that Gerald Massey is best known in the See also:

• WORLD

world of letters . He first published The See also:

• BOOK

Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis; but by far his most important work is See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt: The See also:

• LIGHT

Light of the World, published shortly before his See also:

• DEATH

death . He died on the 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1907 . See an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by J . Churton See also:

• COLLINS, ANTHONY (1676-1729)
• COLLINS, JOHN CHURTON (1848-1908)
• COLLINS, MORTIMER (1827-1876)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1721-1759)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM (1787–1847)
• COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE (1824–1889)

Collins in the Contemporary See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (May 1904) .