Birth date:
1697
Death date:
1743
Birth town:
Country:
England
Richard Savage's main claim to fame was Samuel Johnson's biography which claimed that he was as illegitimate child descended from a noble line forced into poverty and misery by a mother whose sole aim and purpose in life was his destruction, Savage was a friend of Johnson's but this biography is disbelieved by most scholars and now has been discredited.
Richard Savage wrote two poems; The Bastard (1728) and The Wanderer (1729), and two comedies.
In 1727 he killed a man in a tavern brawl and was sentenced to death but was later pardoned. He died in poverty.
Poems by this Poet
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Poem |
Post date | Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verses Occasioned by Reading Mr. Aaron Hill's Poem Called Gideon | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To the Right Hon. Bessy Countess of Rochford | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To the Excellent Miranda, Consort of Aaron Hill, Esq. | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To Mr. John Dyer, a Painter | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To Miss M — H — | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To John Powell, Esq. | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Wanderer A Vision Canto V | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Wanderer A Vision Canto IV | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Wanderer A Vision Canto III | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Wanderer A Vision Canto II | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |