Joseph Relph Biography | Poet

Joseph Relph (December 3, 1712 – June 26, 1743) was a Cumberland poet (his first name is given as Josiah in later editions of the Dictionary of National Biography ). His poetical works were first published in 1747 under the title of A Miscellany of Poems. They were edited by Thomas Sanderson, who supplied a biography of the author and a pastoral elegy on his death. A second edition appeared at Carlisle in 1798, with the biography and engravings by Thomas Bewick .