Alexander Brome (1620-1666 / England)
Alexander Brome (1620 – 30 June 1666) was an English poet.
He was by profession an attorney, and was the author of many drinking songs and of satirical verses in favor of the Royalists and in opposition to the Rump Parliament. In 1661, following the Restoration, he published Songs and other Poems, containing songs on various subjects, followed by a series of political songs; ballads, ... more »
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''I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink,
Alexander Brome (1620-1666), British poet. "The Mad Lover," Songs and Other Poems, 2nd ed. (1664). Opening lines.
This many and many a year.''
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