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See also:DRAYTON, See also:MICHAEL (1563-1631) , See also:English poet, was See also:born at Hartshill, near See also:Atherstone, in See also:Warwickshire in 1563. Even in childhood it was his See also:great ambition to excel in See also:writing verses. At the See also:age of ten he was sent as See also:page into some great See also:family, and a little later he is supposed to have studied for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time at See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. See also:Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Goodere of Powlesworth became his See also:patron, and introduced him to the countess of See also:Bedford, and for
several years he was See also:esquire to Sir See also:Walter See also:Aston. How the See also:early See also:part of his See also:life was spent, however, we possess no means of ascertaining. It has been surmised that he served in the See also:army abroad. In 1590 he seems to have come up to See also:London, and to have settled there.
In 1591 he produced his first See also:book, The See also:Harmony of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, a See also:volume of spiritual poems, dedicated to See also:Lady Devereux. The best piece in this is a version of the See also:Song of See also:Solomon, executed with considerable richness of expression. A singular and now incomprehensible See also:fate befell the book; with the exception of See also:forty copies, seized by the See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, the whole edition was destroyed by public See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order. It is probable that he had come up to See also:town laden with poetic writings, for he published a vast amount within the next few years. In 1593 appeared See also:Idea: The Shepherd's See also:Garland, a collection of nine pastorals, in which he celebrated his own love-sorrows under the poetic name of See also:Rowland. The circumstances of this See also:passion appear more distinctly in the See also:cycle of 64 sonnets, published in 1594, under the See also:title of Idea's See also:Mirror, by which we learn that the lady lived by the See also:river Ankor in Warwickshire. It appears that he failed to win his " Idea," and lived and died a See also:bachelor. In 1593 appeared the first of Drayton's See also:historical poems, The See also:Legend of Piers See also:Gaveston, and the next See also:year saw the publication of See also:Matilda, an epical poem in See also:rhyme royal. It was about this time, too, that he brought out Endimion and See also:Phoebe, a volume which he never republished, but which contains some interesting autobiographical See also:matter, and acknowledgments of See also:literary help from See also:Lodge, if not from See also:Spenser and See also:Daniel also. In his Fig for See also:Momus, Lodge has reciprocated these friendly courtesies. In 1596 Drayton published his See also:long and important poem of Mortimerades, which deals with the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses, and is a very serious See also:production in ottava rima. He afterwards enlarged and modified this poem, and republished it in 1603 under the title of The Barons' Wars. In 1596 also appeared another historical poem, The Legend of See also:Robert, See also:Duke of See also:Normandy, with which Piers Gaveston was reprinted. In 1597 appeared See also:England's Heroical Epistles, a See also:series of historical studies, in See also:imitation of those of See also:Ovid. These last poems, written in the heroic See also:couplet, contain some of the finest passages in Drayton's writings.
With the year 1597 the first See also:half of the poet's literary life closes. He had become famous by this rapid production of volumes, and he rested on his oars. It would seem that he was much favoured at the See also:court of See also:Elizabeth, and he hoped that it would be the same with her successor. But when, in 1603, he addressed a poem of compliment to See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I., on his See also:accession, it was ridiculed, and his services rudely rejected. His bitterness of spirit found expression in a See also:satire, The See also:Owl, which he printed in 1604, although he had no See also:- TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental
talent in this See also:kind of See also:composition. Not much more entertaining was his scriptural narrative of See also:Moses in a See also:Map of his Miracles, a sort of epic in heroics printed the same year. In 1605 Drayton reprinted his most important See also:works, that is to say, his historical poems and the Idea, in a single volume which ran through eight See also:editions during his lifetime. He also collected his smaller pieces, hitherto unedited, in a volume undated, but probably published in 16o5, under the title of Poems Lyric and See also:Pastoral; these consisted of odes, eclogues, and a fantastic satire called The See also:Man in the See also:- MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
- MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)
Moon. Some of the odes are extremely spirited. In this volume he printed for the first time the famous Ballad of See also:Agincourt.
He had adopted as early as 1598 the extraordinary See also:resolution of celebrating all the points of topographical or antiquarian See also:interest in the See also:island of Great See also:Britain, and on this laborious See also:work he was engaged for many years. At last, in 1613, the first part of this vast work was published under the title of Poly-Olbion, eighteen books being produced, to which the learned See also:Selden supplied notes. The success of this great work, which has since become so famous, was very small at first, and not until 1622 did Drayton succeed in finding a publisher willing to undertake the See also:risk of bringing out twelve more books in a second part. This completed the survey of England, and the poet, who had hoped " to See also:crown See also:Scotland with See also:flowers," and arrive at last at the Orcades, never crossed the See also:Tweed.
In 1627 he publishedanother of his See also:miscellaneous volumes, and this contains some of his most characteristic and exquisite writing. It consists of the following pieces: The See also:Battle of Agincourt, an historical poem in ottava rima (not to be confused with his ballad on the same subject), and The Miseries of See also:Queen See also:Margaret, written in the same See also:verse and manner; Nimphidia, the Court of Faery, a most joyous and graceful little epic of fairyland; The Quest of Cinthia and The Shepherd's Sirena, two lyrical pastorals; and finally The Moon See also:Calf, a sort of satire. Of these Nimphidia is perhaps the best thing Drayton ever wrote, except his famous ballad on the battle of Agincourt; it is quite unique of its kind and full of rare fantastic See also:fancy.
The last of Drayton's voluminous publications was The See also:Muses' Elizium in 163o. He died in London on the 23rd of See also:December 1631, was buried in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey, and had a See also:monument placed over. him by the countess of See also:Dorset, with memorial lines attributed to See also:Ben See also:Jonson. Of the particulars of Drayton's life we know almost nothing but what he himself tells us; he enjoyed the friendship of some of the best men of the age. He corresponded familiarly with See also:Drummond; Ben Jonson, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- BROWNE
- BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
- BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
- BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
- BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
- BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
- BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
- BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
- BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)
Browne, See also:George See also:Wither and others were among his See also:friends. There is a tradition that he was a friend of See also:Shakespeare, ,supported by a statement of See also:John See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward, once See also:vicar of Stratfordon-See also:Avon, that "Shakespear, Drayton and Ben Jonson had a merry See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting, and it seems, drank too hard, for Shakespear died of a feavour there contracted." In one of his poems, an " See also:elegy " or See also:epistle to Mr Henry See also:Reynolds, he has See also:left some valuable criticisms on poets whom he had known. He was even engaged in the labour of the dramatists; at least he had a See also:share, with See also:Munday, See also:Chettle and See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, in writing Sir John See also:Oldcastle, which was printed in 1600. That he was a restless and discontented, as well as a worthy, man may be gathered from his own admissions.
The works of Drayton are bulky, and, in spite of the high See also:place that he holds in See also:critical esteem, it cannot be pretended that he is much read. For this his ponderous See also:style is much to blame. The Poly-Olbion, the most famous but far from the most successful of his writings, is tedious and barren in the extreme. It was, he tells us, a " Herculean toil " to him to compose it, and we are conscious of the effort. The See also:metre in which it is composed, a couplet of alexandrines, like the See also:French classical measure, is wholly unsuited to the English See also:language, and becomes excessively wearisome to the reader, who forgets the learning and ingenuity of the poet in labouring through the harsh and over-grown lines. His historical poems, which he was constantly re-writing and improving, are much more interesting, and often rise to a true poetic eloquence. His pastorals are brilliant, but overladen with See also:colour and sweet to insipidity. He is, with the one magnificent exception of " Since there's no help, come let us See also:kiss and part," which was first printed in 1619, an indifferent sonneteer. The poet with whom it is most natural to compare him is Daniel; he is more rough and vigorous, more varied and more daring than the latter, but Daniel surpasses him in See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace, delicacy and See also:judgment. In their elegies and epistles, however, the two writers frequently resemble each other. Drayton, however, approaches the very first poets of the Elizabethan era in his charming Nimphidia, a poem which inspired See also:Herrick with his sweet See also:fairy fancies and stands alone of its kind in English literature; while some of his odes and lyrics are inspired by See also:noble feeling and virile See also:imagination.
In 1748 a See also:folio edition of Drayton's See also:complete works was published under the editorial supervision of William See also:Oldys, and again in 1753 there appeared an issue in four volumes. But these were very unintelligently and inaccurately prepared. A complete edition of Drayton's works with variant readings was projected by See also:Richard See also:Hooper in 1876, but was never carried to a conclusion; a volume of selections, edited by A. H. Bullen, appeared in 1883. See especially See also:Oliver See also:Elton, Michael Drayton (1906). (E.
End of Article: DRAYTON, MICHAEL (1563-1631)
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