Richard Lovelace | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:RichardLovelace.jpg) Richard Lovelace | |
| Born | 9 December 1617 |
| Died | 1657 (aged 39–40) London, England |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | Gloucester Hall, Oxford |
| Period | Late English Renaissance |
| Literary movement | Cavalier poet |
| Notable work | To Althea, from Prison |
Richard Lovelace (/ˈlʌvləs/, homophone of "loveless";[1] 9 December 1617 – 1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of Charles I during the English Civil War. His best known works are "To Althea, from Prison", and "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres".
- ^ Robertson, Florance Alice Loveless Keeney (1952). The Lovelace-Loveless and allied families. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. [Culver City, Calif.] : [Murray & Gee]. pp. viii–ix.