Swain, Charles (M)

Surname: Swain
Forename(s): Charles
b. 4 January 1801. d. 22 September 1874. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and engraver. Born in Manchester. Married Ann Glover on 8 January 1827. Privately schooled. Employed as a clerk in a dye-works company from age fifteen, and then owned an engraving business and also worked as an engraver. Closely connected with many leading literary figures. Author of many poetry volumes including The Mind (1832), English Melodies (1853), Songs and Ballads (1867). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 58
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Constancy 1829 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15552
Xerxes 1829 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15529
Truth, Youth, and Age. An Apologue 1829 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15570
The Village of Scheveling. A Dutch Legend of 1530 1829 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15539
Ballad 1830 Forget-Me-Not Poet 14459
The Peasant’s Song 1830 Forget-Me-Not Poet 14465
The Heart 1832 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15286
Conradin 1833 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15228
True Loveliness 1833 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15249
The River 1835 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15214
The Snow 1835 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15206
The Shepherdess 1836 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15318
Lines Addressed to the Editor 1837 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15778
The Prince of the Storm 1837 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15768
Moments Fled 1837 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15758
The Wreath of Fame 1837 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15774
The Flower Spirit 1837 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15755
Song of the Bells 1838 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15801
The Aspen Tree 1838 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15791
The Flag of England 1839 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15368
The Parting Wreath 1839 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15360
The Sabbath Morn 1839-08-31 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 3744
Song 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15185
The Peasantry of England 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15167
The Tree of the Valley 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15180
To the Night Wind 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15174
A Vision of Combs. Addressed to the “Forget Me Not” 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15163
The Contrast 1840 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15178
Song 1841 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15371
The Wife of Sir Walter Raleigh 1841 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15372
Old Friends Together 1841 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15382
The Present and the Past 1841 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15383
The Betrothed 1842 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15432
Imagination 1842 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15426
Love’s Remonstrance 1842-01-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5308
Boyhood 1842-01-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5307
Voyage of Life 1843 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15413
The Lost One Found 1843 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15401
Be Kind To Each Other 1843-04-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5371
Something Cheap 1843-06-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5376
Song 1843-11-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5393
Song 1844 The Keepsake Poet 5004
The Worldly Voice 1844 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15462
Woman 1844 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15451
An Early Visiter 1845 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15832
The False One 1845 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15844
The Cousins 1845 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15846
Imogen 1846 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15489
Better Than Beauty! 1846 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15487
Procrastination 1846 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15481
Oh, It Was in the Moonlight 1847 The Keepsake Poet 5212
Despair 1847 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15510
Light of Heart 1847 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15511
The Snow Ship 1847 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15513
Better than Beauty 1848-02-26 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5957
Mortality 1848-02-26 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 5958
The Old Cottage Clock 1854-03-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6215
A Petition to F. H. in Favour of a Newly Planted Tree 1857 The Keepsake Poet 5763