At the Seaside (V)

e.e. cummings (1894-1962) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard University, gaining a BA in 1915 and his MA in 1916, where his studies there introduced him to the poetry of avant-garde writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound.

At the Seaside (IV)

A master of light verse, Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was born in Rye, New York. The city of Nashville, Tennessee, was named in honour of one of his ancestors.

At the Seaside (III)

Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at a private school and at Trinity College, Dublin.

At the Seaside (II)

British poet John Edward Masefield (1878-1967) was born in Herefordshire, England. He studied at King’s School in Warwick before training as a merchant seaman.

At the Seaside (I)

People are fascinated by the sea, perhaps because they emerged from its waters in some primordial past and, like sea-shells, they carry its echo in their minds.