Captain Owen Stanley FRS RN (13 June 1811 – 13 March 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer and surveyor.
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“Move him into the sun—
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields half-sown.”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)
“Where he gets his spirits
It’s a mystery. But the stuff keeps him musical:”
—William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927)