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Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton
(1563 - 1631 / Warwickshire / England)
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Michael Drayton Drayton was born at Hartshill in Warwickshire and as a youth he became page to Sir Henry Goodere of Polesworth. He fell in love with Sir Henry's daughter, Anne, and worshipped her as 'Idea' in his poetry. Even after her marriage to Sir Henry Rainford he continued to celebrate her charms in verse, and he never married. more >>
 
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''Fair stood the wind for France,
When we our sails advance,
Nor now to prove our chance
Longer will tarry;''
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Michael Drayton (1563-1631), British poet. Agincourt (l. 1-4). . . Family Book of Best Loved Poems, The. David L. George, ed. (1952) Doubleday & C...
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Upon Saint Crispin's day
Fought was this noble fray,
Which fame did not delay
To England to carry.
On when shall Englishmen
With such acts fill a pen,
Or England breed ag...
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Michael Drayton (1563-1631), British poet. Agincourt (l. 113-120). . . Family Book of Best Loved Poems, The. David L. George, ed. (1952) Doubleday...
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Nirmal Trivedi (11/11/2011 8:21:00 AM)
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