Bibliography
- The Banks of Wye. A Poetical Journal. Aug. 17. 1807.
- Journal of a Ten Days’ Tour from Uley in Gloucestershire, by Way of Ross; down the
Book IV
The Banks of Wye; A Poem. In Four Books, 1811, 1813, 1823.
(1)
The text of the first edition of The Banks of Wye; A Poem. In Four Books (London:
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811), collated with the corrected second edition (London,
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811), collated with the corrected second edition (London,
Banks of Wye Manuscripts
The British Library holds four manuscripts stemming from Bloomfield’s Wye tour:
Book 1
BOOK I
CONTENTS OF BOOK I.
The Vale of Uley.––Forest of Dean.––Ross.––Wilton Castle.––Goodrich Castle.––Courtfield,
Welch Bicknor, Coldwell.––Gleaner's Song.––Coldwell Rocks.––Symmon's Yat.––Great Doward.––New
Wier.––Arthur's Hall.
Book III
The Banks of Wye; A Poem. In Four Books, 1811, 1813, 1823.
(1)
The text of the first edition of The Banks of Wye; A Poem. In Four Books (London:
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811), collated with the corrected second edition (London,
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811), collated with the corrected second edition (London,
Book II
The Banks of Wye; A Poem. In Four Books, 1811, 1813, 1823.
(1)
The text of the first edition of The Banks of Wye; A Poem. In Four Books (London:
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811), collated with the corrected second edition (London,
Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, 1811), collated with the corrected second edition (London,
About this Volume
About This Edition
Admired by Wordsworth and Southey, called by Clare 'the greatest Pastoral Poet England
ever gave birth too’, Robert Bloomfield was one of the bestselling poets of the nineteenth
century. A labouring-class writer famed for his rural verse, Bloomfield was not only
THE AUTHOR’S EPITAPH
THE AUTHOR’S EPITAPH
First made a Farmer’s Boy, and then a snob,
A poet he became, and here lies Bob.