Noel, Roden, Earl of Gainsborough (M)

Surname: Noel
Forename(s): Roden
b. 27 August 1834. d. 26 May 1894. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and essayist. Born in London. Spent much of his childhood with his mother’s family in Tolleymore. Considered himself an Irishman. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles. Married Alice Maria de Broë in 1863. Became a groom of the privy chamber to Queen Victoria in 1867. Wrote A Life of Lord Byron (1890). Poetry volumes include Behind the Veil, and other Poems (1863), Beatrice, and other Poems (1868), A Little Child’s Monument (1881), The Red Flag and other Poems (1872), and the verse drama The House of Ravensburg (1877). Biographical information: ODNB ; Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, p. 355. (JS)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 15
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Song of the Dew to a Dying Girl 1861-09 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14259
“Like Her—but Not the Same!” 1865-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14119
On the Rhine 1865-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14194
Cradle Song 1866-09 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14325
Harvest Song 1872 Good Words Poet 2209
Winter 1875 Good Words Poet 2573
Early Love 1876 Good Words Poet 2581
Love and Loss 1878 Good Words Poet 2763
Swing-Song 1884 Good Words Poet 4003
To A Child Who Asked Me For A Poem 1889-10 Atalanta Poet 1945
Early April 1890-04 Atalanta Poet 1975
The Secret of the Nightingale 1890-06 Atalanta Poet 2035
Flowers at Easter 1891-04 Atalanta Poet 2075
A Song of Nereids 1891-09 Atalanta Poet 2092
The Death of Tennyson 1892-11 The Nineteenth Century Poet 8434