Henry Constable
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Henry Constable (1562–1613) was an English poet, son of Sir Robert Constable. He went to St John's College, Cambridge, where he took his degree in 1580.[1] Becoming a Roman Catholic, he went to Paris, and acted as an agent for the Catholic powers. He died at Liège. In 1592 he published Diana, a collection of sonnets, and contributed to England's Helicon for poems, including Diaphenia and Venus and Adonis. His style is characterised by fervour and richness of colour.
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- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds (1922–1958). "Constable, Henry". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton.
- Ceri Sullivan, "The Physiology of Penance in 1590s Weeping Texts," Cahiers Élisabéthains 57 (2000), pp. 31–48, examines Constable's religious verse.
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