He was born in Washington, D.C. and educated at the University of Virginia. He left the U.S. consular service around 1917 and was a student at Queen's College, Oxford, publishing verses in Oxford poetry. He was ordained and spent time in Italy, before returning to Oxford and Worcester College as a Fellow.
He was a friend of T. S. Eliot, and close to him at the time of his 1927 religious conversion.
He returned to an academic position in the USA in 1939. He died in Baltimore.
Works
Moonflowers (1909)
Windflowers (1911)
Holy Innnocents (1917)
Verd Antique (1920)
The Sweet Miracle (1922)
Wayfaring (1924)
Uriel: A Hymn in Praise of Divine Immanence (1933)
Rejoice in the lamb: a song from Bedlam by Christopher Smart (1939) editor
