A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker

Frederick Locker-Lampson's 1865 collection captures the particular Victorian ache of remembering what used to be. These are poems written by a man who knows that joy and melancholy often wear the same face. The verses move between sharp social wit and genuine tenderness, offering glimpses of old friends encountered unexpectedly, loves that faded into memory, and the strange way time transforms everything it touches. Locker writes with elegant simplicity, his lines carrying the quiet weight of things understood too late. This is poetry for anyone who has ever looked at an old photograph, walked past a childhood home, or felt the strange sorrow of happiness remembered. The collection balances playful wordplay with moments of real emotional depth, making it the kind of book you read slowly, one poem at a time, then return to when the evening turns nostalgic.