English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies

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Dyer, John

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Dyer, John (1699–1757), Welsh poet, is remembered chiefly for his topographical poem in tetrameter couplets, Grongar Hill (1726), which describes the scenery of the river Towy. He also wrote The Ruins of Rome (1740) and The Fleece (1757), a poem about the wool trade, which contains fine early industrial and pastoral landscapes.

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John Dyer

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John Dyer 1700?-1758, English nature poet, b. Wales. He is best known for the topographical poem Grongar Hill (1726).

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