Leigh Hunt Quotes

Leigh Hunt (1784 – 1859) was an English poet, essayist, and journalist. He received his education at Christ’s Hospital School in London. In 1808 he became editor of The Examiner, a newspaper founded by his brother. Hunt was a prolific writer of poetry in a variety of forms. Many of his best poems were published in Foliage (1818) and Hero and Leander, and Bacchus and Ariadne (1819). He was a noted journalist, and some of his finest writing were contained in the Indicator (1819) and The Companion (1828).

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