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Thomas Wade ( 1805 - September 19 , 1875 ), English Poet and Dramatist , was born at Woodbridge , Suffolk , in 1805. He early went to London , where he began to publish verse of considerable merit under the inspiration of Byron , Keats and especially Shelley . He wrote some plays that were produced on the London stage with a certain measure of success, owing more perhaps to the acting of Charles and Fanny Kemble than to the merits of the dramatist. Wade frequently contributed verses to the magazines, and for some years he was editor as well as part-proprietor of ''Bell's Weekly Messenger''. This venture proving financially unsuccessful, he retired to Jersey , where he edited the ''British Press'', continuing to publish poetry from time to time until 1871. He died in Jersey on the 19th of September 1875. His wife was Lucy Eager, a musician of some repute. The most notable of Wade's publications were:
Wade also wrote a drama entitled ''King Henry II'', and a translation of Dante 's "Inferno" in the metre of the original, both of which remain in manuscript; and a series of sonnets inspired by his wife, some of which have been published. REFERENCES
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