Poems by William Shenstone (1714 - 1763)
- In Memory of a Private Family in Worcestershire
- On a Tablet at The Leasowes
- On the discovery of an Echo at Edgbaston
- On the Poetry of Mr C- of Kidderminster
- Taking a view of the Country from his Retirement
- The Schoolmistress
- Written at an Inn at Henley
William Shenstone was born in Shropshire. He studied at Solihull Grammar School and then at Pembroke College, Oxford. As well as being a poet, Shenstone was a pioneer of the art of landscape gardening.
