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Born
He was born in Helpston, Northamptonshire, England. -
Marriage
He married Martha ("Patty") Turner in 1820. -
The birth of his 6th son.
His poetry sold less well. -
Move to Northborough
In 1832, his friends and his London patrons clubbed together to move the family to a larger cottage with a smallholding in the village of Northborough, not far from Helpston. -
Rural Muse
His last work. -
Period: to
Asylum: Essex - asylum
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I Am
I AM! yet what I am who cares, or knows?
My friends forsake me, like a memory lost.
I am the self-consumer of my woes,
They rise and vanish, an oblivious host,
Shadows of life, whose very soul is lost.
And yet I am—I live—though I am toss’d.
...
I long for scenes where man has never trod—
For scenes where woman never smiled or wept—
There to abide with my Creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept
Full of high thoughts, unborn. So let me lie,
The grass below; above, the vaulted sky. -
Death
He died on 20 May 1864, in his 71st year. His remains were returned to Helpston for burial in St Botolph’s churchyard.