Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.
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| Birth: | 29th May, 1828 |
| Death: | 29th October, 1907 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
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Gerald Massey was born near Tring, Hertfordshire, England. He was an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt. He was only twenty-two when he published his first volume of poems, Voices of Freedom and Lyrics of Love. In 1889, he published a two-volume collection of his poems called My Lyrical Life. His poem "The Merry, Merry May" was set to music in 1894 by the composer Cyril Rootham and then in a popular song by composer Christabel Baxendale. In regard to Ancient Egypt, he first published The Book of the Beginnings, followed by The Natural Genesis. His most prolific work is Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, published shortly before his death.
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