James Hurdis

James Hurdis (1763–1801), born in Bishopstone, East Sussex, was a clergyman and a poet. He was the vicar for the West Sussex village of Burpham and it was there that he wrote The Village Curate. In 1793 he was appointed a Professor of Poetry at Oxford University. Quotes The Village Curate (1790) 2nd ed. London: printed for J. Johnson Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed. P. 15. Compare: "To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb", Nicholas Breton, Court and Country (reprint, 1618), p. 183; "Goe to bed with the Lambe, and rise with the Larke", John Lyly, Euphues and his England, p. 229    The bee observe;She too an artist is, and laughs at manWho calls on rules the sightly hexagonWith truth to form; a cunning architect,That at the roof begins her golden work,And builds without foundation. How she toils. P. 45 External links Category:Poets from England Category:Christian leaders Category:1801 deaths Category:University of Oxford alumni Category:University of Oxford faculty