Abstract
When King George III died in 1820, Robert Southey, then Poet Laureate, set about composing “a tribute to the sacred memory of our late revered Sovereign”. The result was A Vision of Judgement (1821). In his dedication to the new King, Southey underlined Britain's virtues in military affairs; sciences, arts, and letters; and nautical discovery. “The brightest portion of British history”, he wrote, “will be that which records the improvements, the works, and the achievements of the Georgian Age.” In a preface, Southey also took aim at what he described as the “Satanic school” of English poets—writers who had been infected “with a moral virus that eats into the soul”.
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