William Hayley (1745-1820)
English poet, patron of George Romney, William Cowper, and William Blake. His best-known
poem, Triumphs of Temper (1781) was several times reprinted. Robert
Southey said of him, “everything about that man is good except his poetry.”
English poet, patron of George Romney, William Cowper, and William Blake. His best-known
poem, Triumphs of Temper (1781) was several times reprinted. Robert
Southey said of him, “everything about that man is good except his poetry.”