Article: At Vacant Hours: Poems by Thomas St Nicholas and his Family.(Book Review)

At Vacant Hours: Poems by Thomas St Nicholas and his Family. Ed. by H. NEVILLE DAVIES. Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press. 2002. xlviii + 492 pp. + CD of manuscript. 40 [pounds sterling]; $60. ISBN 1-902459-32-6.

'At Vacant Hours' is the wrong title for this collection, although it is the way Thomas St Nicholas himself represented his poetic efforts, as a harmless way of filling his time. The title gives the impression of a gentlemanly retirement passed composing occasional poetry, one way in which many Royalists spent the Civil War period. Some of the pieces might confirm this initial impression: 'Upon an Ironwork', 'Upon the Pulling out of a Loose ...

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