Thornbury, George Walter (M)

Surname: Thornbury
Forename(s): George Walter
b. 13 November 1828. d. 11 June 1876. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, journalist, art critic, novelist, and biographer of J. M. W. Turner. Pseudonyms: T. W., W. T., and X. X. Alternate signatures: W. Thornbury. Born in London. Educated at Cheam, Surrey. Married Harriett Furmedge on 7 October 1873. Prolific poetry and prose contributor to many periodicals and newspapers, including Bentley’s Miscellany, Ainsworth’s, Once a Week, Household Words, All the Year Round, Athenaeum, Temple Bar, and Chambers’s Journal. Poetry volumes include Songs of the Cavaliers and Roundheads (1857) and Historical and Legendary Ballads and Songs (1875). Biographical information: ODNB , BL. (SMM, DD, AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 195
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Palace Fountain 1860-03-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6562
In Clover. June 1860-03-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6549
The Bird-Boy 1860-04-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6545
Lying in Stone 1860-05-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6571
The Old English Manor-House 1860-06-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6560
Birds’ Nests 1860-06-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6546
The Blackbird’s Song 1860-07-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6732
The Country Church 1860-08-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6735
The Mower’s Song 1860-09-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6774
The Swans of Wilton 1860-10-06 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6780
The Cherry-Time 1861-03-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6580
Swift and the Mohawks 1861-03-16 Once a Week Poet 436
The Jester’s Passing Bell. A legend of the reign of Francis the First: during whose reign the “Black Death”—an infectious species of plague—ravaged both England and France 1861-04-20 Once a Week Poet 442
Our Village at Daybreak 1861-05-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6590
The Two Norse Kings. A Yorkshire Legend 1861-05-11 Once a Week Poet 546
The Old Statue 1861-06-08 All the Year Round Poet 2859
The Cavalier’s Escape 1861-06-15 Once a Week Poet 451
Lady Mabel’s Lovers 1861-07-13 All the Year Round Poet 2863
The Father of the Regiment. (An Old Grenadier’s Story of an Episode in the Retreat of Napoleon’s “Grande Armée” from Moscow) 1861-07-13 Once a Week Poet 835
The Children’s Time-Piece 1861-07-27 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6601
The Passing Cloud 1861-08-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6604
How Lady Blanche Arundel Held Wardour for King Charles 1861-10-26 All the Year Round Poet 2880
The Three Statues of Ægina 1861-10-26 Once a Week Poet 856
Twilight 1861-11-02 Once a Week Poet 858
Slander 1861-11-16 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6617
The Lady Witch 1861-12-14 All the Year Round Poet 2885
Dr. Johnson’s Penance 1861-12-28 Once a Week Poet 868
The Mine Spirit 1862-01-04 All the Year Round Poet 2886
The Wood Echo. A Greek Legend 1862-01-11 Once a Week Poet 873
The King at the Gate 1862-03-15 Once a Week Poet 886
The Dead Bride 1862-04-19 Once a Week Poet 894
The April Hours 1862-05-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6645
The Violet Girl’s Song 1862-05-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6648
The Chase of the Siren. A Doric Legend 1862-05-31 Once a Week Poet 898
A June Morning 1862-06-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1677
Tædium Vitæ 1862-06-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1678
The Angler’s Song 1862-06-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6651
Honeymoon Cottage 1862-06-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6653
A Day-Dream on the Rhine 1862-06-28 Once a Week Poet 903
Castle Clare 1862-07-12 All the Year Round Poet 2901
Chivalry 1862-08-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6659
Sitting in the Sun 1862-08-16 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6660
The Morning Before the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. August, 1572 1862-08-16 Once a Week Poet 913
The Shadow Under the Yew 1862-08-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6661
The Death of King Warwolf. A Norse Legend 1862-08-30 Once a Week Poet 916
Two Autumn Pictures 1862-10-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6667
Two Country Houses 1862-11 Temple Bar Poet 17033
The Boy Martyr. (Nero Imperator) 1862-11-22 Once a Week Poet 930
The Three Electors. (A Favourite Anecdote of Luther’s) 1862-11-29 Once a Week Poet 932
Hammermen of Old 1862-12-06 All the Year Round Poet 2908
Robin 1863-01-31 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6683
The Saturnalia 1863-01-31 Once a Week Poet 460
The Death of Winkelreid (Battle of Sempach, 9th July, 1386) 1863-02-14 Once a Week Poet 463
The Country Milestone 1863-02-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6687
Thistle-Down 1863-03-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6689
Pan Vinctus—Pan Victor 1863-03-07 Once a Week Poet 468
The Cuckoo 1863-03-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6692
The Miller’s Meadow 1863-04-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6693
The Country Postman 1863-05-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6697
Baucis and Philemon. (A Legend of an English Workhouse) 1863-05-23 Once a Week Poet 488
May 1863-05-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6701
The Angel’s Visit 1863-06-01 The English Woman’s Journal Poet 1703
The Viking’s Serf 1863-07-04 Once a Week Poet 498
An Ancient Russian Legend 1863-07-11 Once a Week Poet 500
The Fading Photograph 1863-07-18 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6708
Clytè 1863-08-01 Once a Week Poet 505
All Alone! 1863-08-08 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6711
Down-Land 1863-08-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6713
The Willow Brook 1863-09-12 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6716
Dionysius the Schoolmaster 1863-09-26 Once a Week Poet 518
The Rose of Jericho 1863-10-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6720
How Thor went to Fish for the Serpent Midgard. A Legend from the Norse Mythology 1863-10-10 Once a Week Translator 522
Beginning to Walk 1863-11-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6724
The Witches’ Ride 1863-11-14 Once a Week Poet 531
The Nameless Monument 1864-01-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6838
John of Padua. (A Legend of Longleat) 1864-01-09 Once a Week Poet 551
The Labours of Thor. Being a Norse Legend from the Prose Edda 1864-02-13 All the Year Round Poet 3157
The Mermaid. (An Old Galloway Ballad Re-Written) 1864-03-05 Once a Week Poet 564
The Battle Painter 1864-03-19 Once a Week Poet 570
The Vizier’s Parrot 1864-04-02 Once a Week Poet 573
The Little Gray Bridge 1864-04-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6861
The Madonna Della Seggiola 1864-04-30 Once a Week Poet 580
The Good People 1864-05-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7113
Guido’s Model 1864-05-07 All the Year Round Poet 3167
The Italian Organ-Boy: A Poem Dedicated to Mr B*BB*GE 1864-05-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7114
Little Peggy 1864-05-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7116
Bacchus and the Water-Thieves 1864-06-04 Once a Week Poet 592
Day-Dreams 1864-06-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7118
The Carnival at Venice. (A. D. 1720) 1864-06-11 Once a Week Poet 594
The Wind Through the Keyhole 1864-07-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7122
Tintoret. (Scene, Venice: Time, The Plague Year) 1864-07-16 Once a Week Poet 635
Angling 1864-07-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7124
The Haymakers 1864-08-06 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7126
The Private Burying-Place 1864-08-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7127
Who Cares? 1864-09-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7130
Autumn Time 1864-09-10 Once a Week Poet 692
The Cornfield 1864-09-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7132
The Legend of Saint Vitus 1864-10-01 Once a Week Poet 697
Lost Syrinx (B.C. 100) 1864-10-08 Once a Week Poet 699
Under the Cliffs 1864-10-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7136
The Cumæan Sibyl 1864-11-19 Once a Week Poet 708
Shooting for the Silver Cup 1864-11-26 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7142
The Lingering Rose 1864-12-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7143
The Gamekeeper 1864-12-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7144
Old Times 1864-12-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7146
“Over the Stones” 1864-12-31 Once a Week Poet 722
The Old Cathedral Organist 1865-01-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7151
The Year’s Twelve Children 1865-02-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7153
A Lie 1865-02-18 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7154
“Left His Home” 1865-03-11 All the Year Round Poet 3188
A Dorsetshire Legend 1865-03-11 Once a Week Poet 743
Empedocles; A Legend of Mount Ætna 1865-03-18 Once a Week Poet 744
The Cairn 1865-04-08 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7161
The Cathedral Quarry 1865-04-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7162
The Great Cathedral Window. An Old Legend 1865-04-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7163
Angling 1865-04-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7164
The South Downs 1865-05-06 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7165
May Weeds and May Flowers 1865-05-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7166
Atra Cura 1865-05-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7167
The Bells of Avignon 1865-05-27 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7168
Fairy Rings 1865-06-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7171
The Skeleton 1865-07-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7175
Country Pleasures 1865-07-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7176
Elm-Blossom 1865-07-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7177
The Harvest Moon 1865-08-12 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7179
An Autumn Evening 1865-09-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7185
The Combat à l’Outrance 1865-09-23 Once a Week Poet 964
Twilight 1865-09-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7186
“In the Clouds” 1865-12-02 Once a Week Poet 979
An Autumn Sunday 1865-12-16 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7197
The Legend of the Lockharts 1865-12-16 Once a Week Poet 984
The Dying Year 1865-12-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7199
Sand-Castles 1866-01-06 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7314
Christmas in the Workhouse 1866-01-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7316
February. The Hunting Field 1866-02-03 Once a Week Poet 13403
Warlock Woods 1866-02-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7320
The Churchyard Yew 1866-02-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7321
Pharaoh’s Serpents 1866-03-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7322
The Dying Viking 1866-03-03 Once a Week Poet 13411
March 1866-03-03 Once a Week Poet 13412
Violets. (A Patch-Work Sonnet) 1866-03-10 Once a Week Poet 13413
Sea-View 1866-03-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7324
The Funeral Pile 1866-03-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7325
Launched in London 1866-04-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7327
Warlock Woods 1866-04-28 All the Year Round Poet 3213
Shakspeare 1866-06-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7338
The Ruined Chapel 1866-07-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7341
The Dial 1866-07-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7342
Luther’s Gardener. [A.D. 1544] 1866-07-28 Once a Week Poet 13458
The Phantom Ships 1866-08-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7343
The Philosopher of the Garden 1866-08-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7344
Sister Grace 1866-08-18 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7345
The Madman of Corinth 1866-08-18 Once a Week Poet 13464
Finis 1866-09-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7350
Different Points of View 1866-09-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7351
The Swallows 1866-11-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7356
The Earl’s Daughter. (Historical Portrait-Gallery, August 1866) 1866-11-17 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7357
The Good People 1866-12-01 Once a Week Poet 13511
Winter’s Harvest 1866-12-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7361
The Great Enchanter 1867-02-16 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7369
The Fairy Prince 1867-02-23 Once a Week Poet 12118
A Hindoo Legend 1867-03-09 Once a Week Poet 12124
“Consule Planco” 1867-03-30 Once a Week Poet 12140
Heart’s-Ease 1867-04-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7583
Summer Idleness 1867-05-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7585
My Own Miniature 1867-06-22 Once a Week Poet 12166
Everlasting Flowers 1867-07-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7596
Autumn 1867-08-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7598
The Child-Queen 1867-08-03 Once a Week Poet 13530
The Old Coin 1867-08-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7601
September 1867-09-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7604
House-Moving 1867-10-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7607
Violet-Time 1868-04-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7633
The Hidden Roses 1868-04-18 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7634
The Mole 1868-06-13 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7642
Industry and Idleness 1868-10-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7659
Love’s Calendar 1868-12-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7667
The Legend of the Prince’s Plume. A Story of the Battle of Crecy, from Froissart’s Chronicles 1869-05-22 All the Year Round Poet 3687
The Wreck Off Calais. Saturday, October 4, 1866 1869-06-05 All the Year Round Poet 3689
The Old World and the New 1869-06-12 All the Year Round Poet 3690
An Old Ballad Renewed 1869-07-31 All the Year Round Translator 3697
The Death of th’ Owd Squire 1869-09-18 All the Year Round Poet 3704
An Old Ballad Re-Written. Annan Water 1869-10-02 All the Year Round Poet 3706
Nature’s Five Lessons 1869-11-27 All the Year Round Poet 3712
Cuckoo! 1870-07-16 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7262
The Grub-Street Poet’s Vision 1870-07-30 All the Year Round Poet 3828
Job’s Comforters 1870-10-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7274
II. (“With careless hearts and full of glee”) 1871-02-04 All the Year Round Translator 16076
I. (“Minny, reach me out your hand”) 1871-02-04 All the Year Round Translator 3922
A Legend of the Red Sea 1875-01-16 All the Year Round Poet 4257
Riding to the Boyne 1875-01-30 Once a Week Poet 13645
A Sea Song of the Time of Henry the Sixth 1875-02-06 Once a Week Poet 13648
The Rose’s Promise 1875-02-13 Once a Week Poet 13650
“Time Brings Roses.” (German Proverb) 1875-03-06 Once a Week Poet 13730
“’Twas Never Merry World” 1875-03-13 Once a Week Poet 13731