Melanter.Alternative signature:
R. D. Blackmore.Born in Longworth, Berkshire. Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, and the Middle Temple. Married Lucy Maguire (or McGuire) on 8 November 1853. Employed as a teacher at Wellesley House grammar school, Twickenham, before becoming a fruit farmer in 1857. Author of novel Lorna Doone (1870). Biographical information: ODNB. (SCM, CC)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Poet’s Home | 1855-07-28 | Household Words | Poet | 1387 |
| Not until Next Time | 1884-01 | Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine | Poet | 8876 |
| “Dimidium Facti” | 1894-06 | Atalanta | Poet | 2302 |
| Mount Arafa. In Two Parts | 1894-10 | Atalanta | Poet | 2314 |
| Mount Arafa. In Two Parts | 1894-11 | Atalanta | Poet | 2319 |
| A Part: Greater than the Whole | 1895-12 | Atalanta | Poet | 2356 |