Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
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