1905 Lyrists of The Restoration For Sir Edward Sherburne to William Congreve

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A collection of poetic works, selected and edited by John and Constance Masefield. This particular collection features the works of poets, such as: Sir Edward Sherburne Alexander Brome Abraham Cowley Henry Vaughan Katherine Phillips George Stepney Samuel Pordage Andrew Marvell Sir Richard Fanshawe Charles Cotton Sir Charles Sedley Sir George Etherege John Dryden William Wycherley Charles Sackville Mrs Aphra Behn Sir Robert Howard Matthew Prior Nat Lee Nahum Tate Nicholas Rowe Thomas Otway John Masefield was a English poet and writer, acting a the British Poet Laureate from the 1930s. Among his most famous works are his children's novel 'The Midnight Folk' and his poems 'The Everlasting Mercy', and 'Sea-fever'. Masefield met his future wife, Constance de la Cherois Crommelin, when he was 23. A well educated woman, Constance studied both classics, and English literature, as well as acting as a Maths teacher.