April 13

On the 13th in 1729, Thomas Percy[i] was born in Bridgnorth, England. As many of the time did, as an adult he took holy orders and would become the Bishop of Dromore. He had a lifelong fascination with poetry however. His book Reliques of Ancient English Poetry[ii], for which he is best known, was published in 1765. In 1763, however he published Five Pieces of Runic Poetry, poems from Iceland, which Percy “translated and improved." What is it with some people; can’t they just leave well enough alone?