When stately ships are twirled and spun Like whipping tops and help there’s none And mighty ships ten thousand ton Go down like lumps of lead.
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| Birth: | 9th September, 1871 |
| Death: | 3rd November, 1962 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Poet |
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Ralph Hodgson, Order of the Rising Sun,was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as The Bull. He was one of the more 'pastoral' of the Georgian poets. In 1954, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He seems to have covered his tracks in relation to much of his life; he was averse to publicity. This has led to claims that he was reticent. Far from that being the case, his friend Walter De La Mare found him an almost exhausting talker; but he made a point of personal privacy. He kept up a copious correspondence with other poets and literary figures, including those he met in his time in Japan such as Takeshi Saito.
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