Samuel Syrus Hunt (1873–1953) wrote poetry under the pseudonymBernard Moore. He had six books published of both his own and collected works beginning in 1914. His subject was mainlyCornwall, in particular its fishermen but he also wrotewar poetry. Many of his poems are written in theCornish dialect. He also collected some Cornish songs. He is best known for his poem 'Travelling' which contrasts the sights and sounds of arailway journey through grimyurbanLondon with thetranquility of one on theruralLooe Valley Line.

Hunt lived inCatford, London^[5]and later nearTring,Hertfordshire.^[6] While working as a teacher in London in 1918 he enlisted in the British Army and served as a Sergeant in theLondon andMiddlesex Regiments from 1918-19.^[3]

He was made a bard of theCornish Gorseth in 1934 taking thebardic name 'Morrep'^[7]

In his poem written c. 1919, Hunt lists stations along the railway line towardsthe City as called out by thePorter:

and contrasts them with idyllic sounding destinations on theLiskeard and Looe Railway:

The Bookman wrote of it in 1919 "There is sincerity in every line [...] a note of deep feeling in the seemingly lightly expressed poem 'Travelling'".^[8]

In 1925 the Rev. T. W. Slater in the journalThe United Methodist wrote "I wonder how many Cornishmen there are in and around London! I have no idea, but I am certain in all that vast number there's not one but shares Mr. Moore's feeling in 'Travelling'.^[9]

The poem inspired the creation of a computer simulation of the Looe branch line in 2007.^[10]

In 2012 the railway author Michael Williams called it "one of the most evocative, I reckon, ever written about a country branch line".^[11]

When written Peckham Rye, Loughborough Junction, Elephant & Castle and St. Paul’s were stations on theLondon, Chatham and Dover Railway, now KentThameslink. St. Paul's has since been renamedBlackfriars and Kent Thameslink trains no longer call at Loughborough Junction.^[12] Moorswater closed to passengers in 1901 when a connection toLiskeard was opened.

• Cornish Catches (1914), London: Erskine Macdonald
• A Cornish Haul (1916), London: Arthur H. Stockwell
• A Cornish Chorus (1919), London:Sidgwick and Jackson
• Cornish Corners (1923), London: C. W. Daniel
• A Cornish Collection (1933), London: C. W. Daniel
• A Cornish Gleaning (1948), London: Peter Ratazzi
• Cornish Crowsheaf (1949), self-published

• Cornish Literature

• 1953 deaths
• 20th-century English poets
• 1873 births
• English male poets
• Writers from Cornwall
• British Army personnel of World War I
• British World War I poets
• 20th-century English male writers
• Bards of Gorsedh Kernow

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