"The Self Banished" is a poem written by a poet born in what year ?
The Self Banished "The Self Banished" is a poem written by Edmund Waller in about 1645, and is one of the first songs written by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was written in 1875, and specifically for "soprano or tenor". It is unpublished.
Edmund Gosse Sir Edmund William Gosse CB (21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhood in the book "Father and Son" has been described as the first psychological biography.