PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON BIOGRAPHY
PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
MARSTON, PHILIP BOURKE (1850-1887). —Poet, was born in London, and lost his sight at the age of 3. His poems, Song-tide , All in All , and Wind Voices bear, in their sadness, the impress of this affliction, and of a long series of bereavements. He was the friend of Rossetti and of Swinburne, the latter of whom has written a sonnet to his memory.