Introduction

Biography

Frederick was the son of Hen­ry Charles Har­ford.

A po­et, hymn writ­er, and ama­teur mu­si­cian, he was a friend of ar­tist Gus­tave Do­ré.

He at­tend­ed Rugby School and gra­du­ated from Christ Church, Ox­ford, in 1850. He re­ceived a Ba­che­lor of Arts from New Inn Hall in 1855 and a Mas­ter of Arts in 1858.

He served as chap­lain to the Bi­shop of Gi­bral­tar (1858–61); Mi­nor Can­on of West­min­ster Ab­bey (1861); and was lat­er at St. Mar­ga­ret and St. John the Ev­an­gel­ist, West­min­ster, Mid­dle­sex (1881), and at the Close of the Col­le­gi­ate Church of St. Pe­ter, Lon­don (1901).

Works

• Niger Flu­men: A Prize Po­em, Re­cit­ed in Rug­by School, June 27, MDCCCL (Cross­ley & Bill­ing­ton, 1850)
• The Mar­tyrs of Lyo­ns and Vi­enne, a po­em, 1859
• The Div­er: With Notes (ed­it­or), 1878
• On the Good That May Re­sult to Eng­land and In­dia from the Es­tab­lish­ment of God Save the Queen as a Na­tion­al An­them in Her Ma­jes­ty’s East­ern Em­pire (R. Bentl­ey & Son, 1883)
• Inferno, Close­ly Trans­lat­ed in Metre (High Hol­born: 1886)
• Meet It with a Smile (West­min­ster Al­dine Press, 1886)
• Epigrammatica; Se­ri­ous, Se­mi-Se­ri­ous, and Di­vert­ive, 1890
• Nuts for Those Who Have Strong Teeth, 1896
• A Note on the Scan­sion of the Pen­ta­me­ter and Its Use in Eng­lish Po­et­ry, 1900