Sir Walter Raleigh
1552 - 1618
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English statesman, soldier, writer and explorer. One of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era, he played a leading part in English colonisation of North America, suppressed rebellion in Ireland, helped defend England against the Spanish Armada and held political positions under Elizabeth I.Poems
- Even Such Is Time
- The Nymph’s Reply To The Shepherd
- A Farewell to False Love
- Life
- A Vision upon the Fairy Queen
- Now What Is Love
- As You Came from the Holy Land
- The Lie
- Farewell to the Court
- The Silent Lover II
- Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son
- To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance