William Habington
William Habington (4 November 1605 – 30 November 1654) was an English poet.
Life
Habington was born at
The poet received his education in
Writings
His volume of lyrical poems arranged in two parts and entitled Castara was published anonymously in 1634, and celebrated his marriage to Lucy.[3] In 1635 appeared a second edition enlarged by three prose characters, fourteen new lyrics and eight touching elegies on his friend and kinsman, George Talbot, 9th Earl of Shrewsbury. The third edition (1640), issued for the first time in his name,[4] contains a third part consisting of a prose character of A Holy Man and twenty-two devotional poems.[1]
He also wrote a tragi-comedy,
“Direct your eye right inward, and you’ll find
A thousand regions in your mind
Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be
Expert in home-cosmography”.[6]
References
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Habington, William". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 787. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "William Habington". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (London 1995) p. 401
- ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (London 1995) p. 401
- ^ I. Ousby ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (London 1995) p. 401
- ^ H D Thoreau, Walden
Further reading
- Johnson, Samuel (1810). The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: including the series edited with prefaces, biographical and critical. Vol. 6. J. Johnson and company. pp. 439–431.
- To Castara
- Edward Arber, Castara, London, 1870