Horace Smith (poet)
Horace Smith | |
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Portrait of Horace Smith by an unknown artist watercolour, circa 1840 | |
| Born | 31 December 1779 London |
| Died | 12 July 1849 (aged 69) Tunbridge Wells |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
Horace (born Horatio) Smith (31 December 1779 – 12 July 1849) was an English poet and novelist. In 1818, he participated in a sonnet-writing competition with Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was of Smith that Shelley said: "Is it not odd that the only truly generous person I ever knew who had money enough to be generous with should be a stockbroker? He writes poetry and pastoral dramas and yet knows how to make money, and does make it, and is still generous."