Poetry Codex

Metaphysical & Cavalier

Francis Beaumont

1586–1616

Francis Beaumont was an English dramatist, best known for his plays written in collaboration with John Fletcher. His own poems were collected and published after his death.

Palgrave includes his lines on the tombs in Westminster Abbey.

Poems (12)

  1. The Tombs in Westminster Abbey
  2. An Epitaph
  3. Song for a Dance
  4. The Masquers Called Away
  5. The Bridal Song
  6. Ralph, the May-Lord
  7. Cynthia, to Thy Power and Thee
  8. Hold Back Thy Hours, Dark Night
  9. To Bed, to Bed!
  10. True Beauty
  11. The Indifferent
  12. Letter to Ben Jonson

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