1. 1800 Robert Southey, Winter: A wrinkled Crabbed man they picture thee,

2. 1828, Robert Southey, Epistle to Allan Cunningham Leg, bladebone, Baldrib, griskin, chine, or chop Profess myself a a genuine Philopig

3. In 1842 he received a government pension, and in the following year he succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate .

4. 22 In 1842 he received a government pension, and in the following year he succeeded Southey as Poet Laureate .

5. P. M. Zall writes in "The Gothic Voice of Father Bear" (1974) that "it was no trick for Southey, a consummate technician, to recreate the improvisational tone of an Uncle William through rhythmical reiteration, artful alliteration ('they walked into the woods, while'), even bardic interpolation ('She could not have been a good, honest Old Woman')".