His two chief poems are _The Bastard_ (1728) and _The Wanderer_ (1729). Both are written in the heroic couplet, and consist of long frenzied moralizings of his own unhappy lot. These works have much energy and some power of expression, but they are diffuse and rhetorical in style. Savage cannot rid himself of his personal grievances, which, inflamed by his dissipations, produce a morbid extravagance that ruins his work as poetry. =6. Lady Winchilsea (1661–1720).= Born in Hampshire, the daughter of Sir William Kingsmill, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea, passed most of her life in London, where she became acquainted with Pope and other literary notables. Some of her poems, which were of importance in their day, are _The Spleen_ (1701), a Pindaric ode; _The Prodigy_ (1706); and _Miscellany Poems_ (1714), containing the _Nocturnal Reverie_. Wordsworth says, “It is remarkable that, excepting the _Nocturnal Reverie_ and a passage or two in _Windsor Forest_ of Pope, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of _Paradise Lost_ and _The Seasons_ does not contain a single new image of nature.” This statement is perhaps an exaggeration, but there is no doubt that Lady Winchilsea had the gift of producing smooth and melodious verse, and she had a discerning eye for the beauties of nature. =7. Ambrose Philips (1675–1749).= Philips was a Shropshire man, was educated at Cambridge, and became a considerable figure in the literary world. He was a friend of Pope, and wrote _Pastorals_ (1709), which Pope damned with faint praise. The two poets quarreled, and Pope gave the other immortality in _The Dunciad_. Philips obtained several posts under the Government, and passed a happy and prosperous life. He wrote three tragedies, the best of which is _The Distressed Mother_ (1712). He produced a fair amount of prose for the periodicals, and his miscellaneous verse, of a light and agreeable kind, was popular in its day. His poetry was called “namby-pamby,” from his Christian name; and the word has survived in its general application. =8. Sir Richard Blackmore (1650–1729).= Blackmore was an industrious physician, and an industrious and unsuccessful poet. His name became a byword by reason of his huge, dreary epics, which he composed in his spare time. Some of them are _Prince Arthur_ (1695), _Job_ (1700), and _The Creation_ (1712). They are written in tolerable heroic couplets. =9. Thomas Parnell (1679–1718).= Parnell was born in Ireland, entered the Church, became an archdeacon, and prospered in his post. His poems consist of miscellaneous work, and were extremely popular in their day. The best of his work is contained in _The Hermit_ (1710), which is written in heroic couplets, and in places reminds the reader of _The Deserted Village_. He shows skill as a versifier, and he has a genuine regard for nature.