Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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