“We will mention, as among the most beautiful of these, “The Drop of Dew” by Marvel, “The Grasshopper” by Lovelace, “Primroses” by Herrick, and “Sweet Phospher bring the Day” by Quarles.”
WorkRichard Lovelace
The Grasshopper
Richard Lovelace (1617–1657)
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Documented 1845
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Review.
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“O thou, that awing’st upon the waving hair Of some well-filled oaten beard, Drunk ever night with a delicious tear Dropped thee from heaven, where now thou’rt reared!”
Fuller, Margaret. "Review." New-York Daily Tribune, 16 January 1845.