Bernard Moore (poet)
| Bernard Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Samuel Syrus Hunt 1873 Greenwich |
| Died | 1953 (aged 79–80) Hemel Hempstead |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Nationality | British |
| Genre | Cornish Poem, War Poem |
| Spouse | Edith Emily Parsons (1901 - his death) |
Samuel Syrus Hunt (1873-1953) wrote poetry under the pseudonym Bernard Moore. He had six books published of both his own and collected works beginning in 1914. Its subject is mainly Cornwall, in particular its fishermen but he also wrote war poetry. Many of his poems are written in the Cornish dialect. He also collected some Cornish songs. He is probably best known for his poem 'Travelling' which contrasts the sights and sounds of a railway journey through grimy urban London with the tranquility of the Liskeard to Looe branch line.
Hunt lived in Catford, London and later near Tring, Hertfordshire. While working as a teacher in London in 1918 he enlisted in the British Army and served as a Sergeant in the London and Middlesex Regiments from 1918-19.
He was made a bard of the Cornish Gorseth in 1934 taking the bardic name 'Morrep'
In his poem written c. 1919, Hunt lists stations along the urban railway line to the City as called out by the Porter:
‘Peckham Rye, Loughborough, Elephant, St. Paul’s,’
and contrasts them with idyllic sounding destinations on the rural Liskeard and Looe Railway:
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