DESCENDANTS OF THE POETS
DINNER HELD ' IN LONDON. By Telegraph—Press. Assn. —Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. London, Deo. 8. There was an 'interesting gathering at the Cafe Royal when the descendants of famous poets dined and toasted the memory of the immortals on the ■ occasion of the 21st birthday of the Poetry Society. Those present included descendants of Pope, Barham, Mm. Hernans, Coleridge, Whatt, John Gay, Byron, Wordsworth, Sheridan and Milton. “It has been said that those whom the gods love die youiigj” said Lord Darling. He believed the general understanding of this was wrong; it really meant that those whom the gods loved remained young until they died.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1930, Page 7
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