Henley, William Ernest (M)

Surname: Henley
Forename(s): William Ernest
b. 23 August 1849. d. 11 July 1903. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and critic. Diagnosed with tuberculosis of the bone at the age of 12 and had his left leg amputated in 1868. Educated at the University of St. Andrews. Friends with Thomas Edward Brown and Robert Louis Stevenson. Editor of The London Magazine (1877-1878) and the Scots Observer (1889-1893). Author of several volumes of poetry including Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses (1901) and In Hospital (1903). Biographical information: ODNB. (SP, SCM)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 36
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Rosa Mundi 1871-07-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6772
Boat Songs 1875 Good Words Poet 2572
III. The Ward 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12371
VII. Night Picture 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12375
VIII. Another 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12376
V. Before Operation 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12373
IX. Floral 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12377
IV. Lady Probationer 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12381
II. A Student 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12379
I. A Surgeon 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12378
VI. A Scrubber 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12383
V. Staff-Nurse: New Style 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12382
I. First Impressions 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12313
III. Staff-Nurse: Old Style 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12380
VI. After Operation 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12374
IV. The Visit 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12372
II. Waiting 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12370
IX. Children: Private Ward 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12386
VII. A Patient 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12384
VIII. A Visitor 1875-07 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12385
Morning 1875-08 The Cornhill Magazine Poet 12314
V.—Music Ambulant 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14538
VI.—Back View 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14539
VIII.—Rain 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14541
II.—At Queensferry 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14535
IX.—Fishwife 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14542
IV.—Venus en Herbe 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14537
III.—Forenoon 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14536
X.—Twilight 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14543
I.—From a Fourth-Pair Window 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14534
VII.—Dogs on the Beach 1875-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14540
Song 1896 Pageant Poet 1090
To My Wife 1898-11 Atalanta Poet 15926
“Was I a Samurai renowned” 1898-11 Atalanta Poet 15928
“What have I done for you” 1898-11 Atalanta Poet 15929
“Out of the night that covers me” 1898-11 Atalanta Poet 15927