William Hayley (9 November 1745 – 12 November 1820) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of his friend William Cowper.

William Hayley was an English poet, biographer, and patron of the arts. Hayley is best remembered for his friendships with William Blake, ...

William Hayley was an English poet and biographer who enjoyed considerable fame in his lifetime. Today, he is primarily remembered for his association with ...

2019Äê1ÔÂ23ÈÕ · A largely unknown figure today, Hayley was an acclaimed poet, a multi-lingual scholar and the author of the bestselling and highly influential The Triumphs of ...

First published in 1781, William Hayley's long mock-epic poem was one of the most popular works of the final decades of the eighteenth century.

William Blake had moved there from London in 1800 to begin a period of intense collaboration with the gentleman poet, biographer and scholar, William Hayley.

The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence.

William Hayley (1683–1715) of Cleobury Mortimer, Salop was a Church of England priest and dean of Chichester Cathedral.

This volume of essays reassesses William Hayley's contribution to the literary and artistic history of the long eighteenth century.

Follow William Hayley and explore their bibliography from Amazon.com's William Hayley Author Page.