← William CollinsPersian Ecloguesby William CollinsPastoral poetry imitating Persian verse forms and exotic oriental settings and sensibilityFind on Amazon↗About the authorWilliam CollinsEnglish lyric poet whose odes including the Ode to Evening anticipate the Romantic movement in their attention to mood and landscape. His small output belies his influence on later poets.More by William CollinsOdes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical SubjectsCollection of odes depicting abstract virtues and states through personification and allegory→