Possible Clues:

• To me, right to make changes to hard poet
• British novelist and poet whose novels include 'The Egoist' and 'Diana of the Crossways'
• Author has dreamy eye movements, taken aback by little sparrow?
• Mithered curious English novelist
• There, mid revisions of Victorian poet
• Drainage channel not charming initially to Lake Poet
• George —, Eng. author
• George --, novelist (1828-1909)
• Victorian poet in lake, in French said to be hot
• This writer beginning to resent publisher's change? Hard author!