Lucasta's Fanne, with a Looking-glasse in it Lucasta, taking the Waters at Tunbridge Lucasta paying her Obsequies to the Chast The Apostacy of One, and but One Lady Amyntor from beyond the Sea to Alexis. A III. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS Ο RICHARD LOVELACE NE can think of great writers, universally read, who have no personality; a convenient illustration is Daniel Defoe. And one can think of poets, whose Complete Works are known only to a select few, but whose personal influence is and always will be a living force. These are the Personalities of literature. A supreme example is Sir Philip Sidney, soldier, scholar, poet, courtier - the ideal gentleman. He is a historical but also a legendary figure; and it is not too much to say that he made large contributions to the British tradition of manliness, and that in our twentieth century world his spirit walks abroad. As Marvell was a lesser Milton, Lovelace was a lesser Sidney. The spacious times of Queen Elizabeth had their incarnation in Sidney; he was the climax of triumphant chivalry. Seventy years later, against the sunset of royalty, stands the romantic figure of Richard Lovelace, the Cavalier, as uncompromising as the dying Cyrano de Bergerac. He was not only a red-blooded, but a blueblooded man coming from an ancient English family of Kent. His father, Sir William, was killed in battle; his brothers fought for King Charles. Richard He entered the army, became a Captain, and saw active service. Then he returned to the ancestral estates in Kent, and in 1642 was chosen to present to Parliament a petition in support of the King. This required courage, for a similar request had been publicly burned. He was naturally examined by |