Capern, Edward (M)

Surname: Capern
Forename(s): Edward
b. 21 January 1819. d. 4 June 1894. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Rural-class poet from Devon. Worked at a lace factory from the age of eight until 1847, and then as a rural postman from 1848 until his retirement in 1866. Married Jane Trick on 26 October 1847. Awarded a Civil List Pension in 1857 after Palmerston was impressed by his poem on the Crimean War, “The Lion Flag of England.” Author of Poems by Edward Capern, Rural Postman of Bideford, Devon (1856), Ballads and Songs (1858), Devonshire Melodist (1862), Wayside Warbles (1865), Sungleams and Shadows (1881). Biographical information: ODNB; Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 83. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 13
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Where Hast Thou Been, My Beautiful Spring? 1856-05-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6317
The Spirit of the Spring 1869-04-01 Good Words Poet 1988
April 1870-04-01 Good Words Poet 2014
Winifred 1870-07-01 Good Words Poet 2024
Holly and Mistletoe 1870-12-01 Good Words Poet 2103
Shall we ever meet again? 1871 Good Words Poet 2134
A Memory 1872 Good Words Poet 2215
The Summers Long Ago 1872 Good Words Poet 2202
A Summer Dream 1873 Good Words Poet 2458
A May Memory 1875 Good Words Poet 2528
My Broad Domains 1876 Good Words Poet 2590
The Poet’s Homily 1876 Good Words Poet 2583
Winter Tokens 1877 Good Words Poet 2663