The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based poets, founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernest Percival Rhys ( July 17 1859 – May 25 1946) was a British writer best known for his role as founding editor of the Everyman's Library Originally not much more than a dining club, generally meeting upstairs at the Cheshire Cheese pub in Fleet Street, it did produce anthologies of poetry in 1892 and 1894. Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Those who took part included also Ernest Dowson, Lionel Johnson, Francis Thompson, Richard Le Gallienne, John Davidson, Edwin Ellis, Victor Plarr, Selwyn Image, A. Ernest Christopher Dowson ( 2 August 1867 &ndash 23 February 1900) born in Lee London, was an English Poet Lionel Pigot Johnson ( 15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902) was an English poet essayist and critic Francis Thompson ( December 18, 1859 – November 13, 1907) was an English poet and Ascetic. Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947 was an English Man of letters, closely associated with the literary world of London in the 1890s after that he resided in the USA without John Davidson ( April 11, 1857 – March 23, 1909) Scottish Poet and Playwright, best known for his Ballads Edwin John Ellis (1848 &ndash 1916 was a British poet and illustrator now remembered mostly for the three-volume edition The works of William Blake, poetic symbolic Victor Gustave Plarr (1863–1929 was an English Poet; he is probably best known for the poem Epitaphium Citharistriae. Selwyn Image ( February 17, 1849, Bodiam, Sussex &mdash August 21, 1930, London) was a British S. Hillier, John Todhunter, Arthur Symons, Ernest Radford, and Thomas William Rolleston. John Todhunter ( December 30, 1839 - October 25, 1916) was an Irish poet and playwright who wrote seven volumes of poetry and several plays Arthur William Symons ( 28 February 1865 &ndash 22 January 1945) was a British Poet, Critic and Magazine editor Ernest Radford (1857 – 1919 was an English poet critic and Socialist. Thomas William Hazen Rolleston (1857 &ndash 1920 was an Irish writer literary figure and translator known as a poet but publishing over a wide range of literary and political topics Oscar Wilde attended some meetings that were held in private homes. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of The group as a whole matched quite closely Yeats' retrospective idea of 'the tragic generation', destined for failure and in many cases early death.
By the time Arthur Ransome wrote his Bohemia in London in 1907, the group had already passed into legend: ". Arthur Mitchell Ransome (born 18 January 1884 in Leeds - died 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year . . the Rhymer's Club used to meet, to drink from tankards, smoke clay pipes, and recite their own poetry". In fact, Ransome's research was less than thorough; the group continued to meet in some form until about 1904. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on
References
- Jeffares, A. Norman, W. B. Yeats: A New Biography, (Hutchinson 1988).
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