1817 ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION

Samuel Rowlands

Nathan Drake, in Shakespeare and His Times (1817); Allibone, Critical Dictionary of English Literature (1858-71; 1882) 2:1883.

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Though a rapid and careless writer, he occasionally exhibits considerable vigour, and has often satirized with spirit the manners and follies of his period.