Darley, George (1795–1846)

Irish poet, critic, and mathematician. Born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Darley later moved to London. His first volume of poetry, The Errors of Ecstasie, appeared in 1822. He wrote for the London Magazine, was a critic for the Athenaeum, and wrote plays and studied English dramatists. He was also an accomplished mathematician and published textbooks on geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.

His story ‘Lilian of the Vale’, published by the London Magazine in 1826, contains the song ‘I've been roaming’. The poem ‘Sylvia, or the May Queen’ was published in 1827, and he edited The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher (1840).