Matthew Gregory Lewis
English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)
1775–1818, born in London
- Born
- 9 July 1775
- Birthplace
- London
- Died
- 14 May 1818
From their work
Read the opening of The Monk · about 1 min
O You! whom Vanity’s light bark conveys On Fame’s mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or borne too high! Who pants for glory finds but short repose, A breath revives him, and a breath o’er-throws.
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