PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON
\fˈɪlɪp bˈɜːk mˈɑːstən], \fˈɪlɪp bˈɜːk mˈɑːstən], \f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_p b_ˈɜː_k m_ˈɑː_s_t_ə_n]\
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An English poet, son of John W.; born in London, Aug. 13, 1850; died Feb. 13, 1887. From youth he was almost wholly blind. He was the subject of Hake's poem "The Blind Boy", and of Mrs. Craik's "Philip, My King". He wrote: "Song-Tide", etc. (1871); "A Last Harvest" (1881); "Wind Voices" (1883); etc. His "Collected Poems", edited by Louise Chandler Moulton, appeared in 1892.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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