William Walsh (poet)

On the accession of Queen Anne he was made "gentleman of the horse," a post which he held till his death,[2] noted by Narcissus Luttrell on 18 March 1708.

[3] Walsh wrote a Dialogue concerning Women, being a Defence of the Sex (1691), addressed to "Eugenia"; and Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant (preface dated 1692, printed in Jonson's Miscellany, 1716, and separately, 1736); love lyrics designed, says the author, to impart to the world "the faithful image of an amorous heart.

Pope's Pastorals were submitted for his criticism by Wycherley in 1705, and Walsh then entered on a direct correspondence with the young poet.

"[2] The excessive eulogy accorded both by Dryden and Pope to Walsh must be accounted for partly on the ground of personal friendship.

In 1704 Walsh collaborated with Sir John Vanbrugh and William Congreve in Squire Trelooby, an adaptation of Molière's farce Monsieur de Pourceaugnac.