Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Henry Constable

Born: 1562
Died: October 9, 1613 (aged 51)
Bio: Henry Constable was an English poet, known particularly for Diana, one of the first English sonnet sequences. In 1591 he converted to Catholicism, and lived in exile on the continent for some years.
Known for:
- Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles
- Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia-Diana
- The Duration and Nature of Future Punishment
- Diana: Elizabethan Sonnet Cycle
- Diana