Henry James Pye

British poet

Henry James Pye (/paɪ/; 20 February 1745 – 11 August 1813) was an English poet, and Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death.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.

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