Echoes from Theocritus And Other Poems

by Edward Cracroft Lefroy, John Addington Symonds (Introduction), John Austen (Illustrator)

A collection of Uranian sonnets from this English Anglican clergyman and poet with a "soul lodged in Hellas", a graduate of Keble College, Oxford, who died young owing to a heart condition. His poems were initially published as four pamphlets in 1883-84 and collected, in a single volume containing many more sonnets in 1885 under the present title. There followed an 1897 collection with some additional poems and a biographical sketch. The present collection, introduced by John Addington Symonds, contains the 30 sonnets from the original title collection, plus 12 others. Edward Cracroft Lefroy (1855-1891) lived a simple and uneventful life, though one in he which experienced much physical suffering. Jane Austen was the aunt of his paternal grandfather. His poetry reflects his struggle with Neo-Hellenism and his sincere Christian faith, and while he was never a practicing homosexual, he did concede in his work to finding boys more attractive than girls. Good illustrations by noted artist John Austen to title page and text.

68 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005