Poems on Various Subjects. By Henry James Pye .. | 
#OnThisDay in 1790 Henry James Pye was named Poet Laureate for the UK. As per his Wikipedia page: "His appointment owed nothing to poetic achievement, and was probably a reward for political favours. Pye was merely a competent prose writer, who fancied himself as a poet, earning the derisive label of poetaster." Indeed, one British historian called him "the worst Poet Laureate in English history" #HistoryGetsLIT
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