An Autumn Invitation
by Edward Capern
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Capern began to write verse for the "Poet's Corner" of the North Devon Journal. His occasional poems soon struck popular fancy and were in great request at county gatherings. In 1856, William Frederick Rock of Barnstaple procured him a body of subscribers. Collected and published by subscription in 1856, it received warm praise from the reviews and from many distinguished people. Poems, by Edward Capern, was followed by Ballads and Songs (1858), The Devonshire Melodist (a collection of the author's songs, some of them to his own music) and Wayside Warbles (1865), and resulted in a civil list pension being granted to him by Lord Palmerston. His later work Sungleams and Shadows was published in 1881.
In retirement, in his sixties, Capern and his wife moved to Harborne (near Birmingham) to live closer to their son. Capern returned to Devonshire about 1884 and settled at Braunton, near Bideford in North Devon. He was greatly shocked by his wife's death in February 1894 and died on 4 June the same year. He was buried in the churchyard at Heanton, near Braunton.
Capern's local reputation continued after his death. Victor Canning, a thriller and travel book writer, noted that Capern's "is better poetry than one would expect from a postman, and if it has a little breathlessness then it shows how truly the postman who wrote it has worked his own personality into the lines." He added that Capern was known as "the Devonshire Burns".
The Burton at Bideford museum in Bideford has a permanent exhibition about Capern. (Wikipedia)
Capern began to write verse for the "Poet's Corner" of the North Devon Journal. His occasional poems soon struck popular fancy and were in great request at county gatherings. In 1856, William Frederick Rock of Barnstaple procured him a body of subscribers. Collected and published by subscription in 1856, it received warm praise from the reviews and from many distinguished people. Poems, by Edward Capern, was followed by Ballads and Songs (1858), The Devonshire Melodist (a collection of the author's songs, some of them to his own music) and Wayside Warbles (1865), and resulted in a civil list pension being granted to him by Lord Palmerston. His later work Sungleams and Shadows was published in 1881.
In retirement, in his sixties, Capern and his wife moved to Harborne (near Birmingham) to live closer to their son. Capern returned to Devonshire about 1884 and settled at Braunton, near Bideford in North Devon. He was greatly shocked by his wife's death in February 1894 and died on 4 June the same year. He was buried in the churchyard at Heanton, near Braunton.
Capern's local reputation continued after his death. Victor Canning, a thriller and travel book writer, noted that Capern's "is better poetry than one would expect from a postman, and if it has a little breathlessness then it shows how truly the postman who wrote it has worked his own personality into the lines." He added that Capern was known as "the Devonshire Burns".
The Burton at Bideford museum in Bideford has a permanent exhibition about Capern. (Wikipedia)
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