Rockliff, Robert (M)

Surname: Rockliff
Forename(s): Robert
b. 28 May 1797. d. 1894. Nationality: English.
Translator, poet, bookseller, and printer. Pseudonym: R. R. and Sexagenarian. From Liverpool. Printer of a local newspaper, which he also owned. Author of Vesicles, from the Portfolio of a Sexagenarian (1862) and Literary Fables from the Spanish of Yriate (1852). Biographical information: Curran Index; Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 396. (AC, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 14
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
X. The Mouse and the Cat 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11487
IX. The Swan and the Linnet 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11486
XIII. The Owl; and XIV. The Dog and the Ragman 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11536
XV. The Frog and the Frogling 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11490
XI. The Two Rabbits 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11488
VIII. The Musical Ass 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11485
XII. The Chest of Tea and the Chest of Sage 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11489
IV. The Ape and the Juggler 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11481
VII. The Cathedral Bell and the Hermitage Bell 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11484
III. The Bear, the Ape, and the Pig 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11480
I. The Elephant and the Beasts 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11478
V. The Goat and the Horse 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11482
II. The Silkworm and the Spider 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11479
VI. The Parrots and the Monkey 1839-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Translator 11483