Horace Smith has written many poems and novels. He was born in London on December 31, 1779. He had 7 siblings and was the 5th child. He went to Chigwell School, where he gained his education. In 1812, he and his brother, James, published their first poems for the public. It was called The Rejected Addresses in which they copied the styles of famous poets and pretended that those poets wrote these poems. Some of the poets that they put into this book were Byron, Crabbe, Southey, Wordsworth, and Scott. This book of poems became very popular and still is the most popular book of imitated poems in the country.
Not only was Smith a writer, but he was also a stockbroker, and a very successful one at that. A stockbroker manages the finances for their clients. He helped Shelley with her finances; they both also competed in writing poems and had good fun with it.
Some of the actual poems that Smith has published are Ozymandias, published in 1818, At the Tavern, Prothalamion, Letter from the Town Mouse to the Country Mouse, and On Circuit. Smith also wrote some novels in his later life some being Brambletye House, Tor Hill, Rueben Apsley, Zillah, and The New Forest.
