Poetry Codex

Metaphysical & Cavalier

Samuel Daniel

1562–1619

Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet and historian, admired for the plain, measured elegance of his style.

His sonnet sequence Delia and the narrative poem The Complaint of Rosamond made his early reputation.

Major Works (1)

  1. The Civile Wars betweene the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke — Epic poem, 1609 (first books 1595)

Poems (75)

  1. Delia: Sonnet 1
  2. Delia: Sonnet 2
  3. Delia: Sonnet 3
  4. Delia: Sonnet 4
  5. Delia: Sonnet 5
  6. Delia: Sonnet 6
  7. Delia: Sonnet 7
  8. Delia: Sonnet 8
  9. Delia: Sonnet 9
  10. Delia: Sonnet 10
  11. Delia: Sonnet 11
  12. Delia: Sonnet 12
  13. Delia: Sonnet 13
  14. Delia: Sonnet 14
  15. Delia: Sonnet 15
  16. Delia: Sonnet 16
  17. Delia: Sonnet 17
  18. Delia: Sonnet 18
  19. Delia: Sonnet 19
  20. Delia: Sonnet 20
  21. Delia: Sonnet 21
  22. Delia: Sonnet 22
  23. Delia: Sonnet 23
  24. Delia: Sonnet 24
  25. Delia: Sonnet 25
  26. Delia: Sonnet 26
  27. Delia: Sonnet 27
  28. Delia: Sonnet 28
  29. Delia: Sonnet 29
  30. Delia: Sonnet 30
  31. Delia: Sonnet 31
  32. Delia: Sonnet 32
  33. Delia: Sonnet 33
  34. Delia: Sonnet 34
  35. Delia: Sonnet 35
  36. Delia: Sonnet 36
  37. Delia: Sonnet 37
  38. Delia: Sonnet 38
  39. Delia: Sonnet 39
  40. Delia: Sonnet 40
  41. Delia: Sonnet 41
  42. Delia: Sonnet 42
  43. Delia: Sonnet 43
  44. Delia: Sonnet 44
  45. Delia: Sonnet 45
  46. Delia: Sonnet 46
  47. Delia: Sonnet 47
  48. Delia: Sonnet 48
  49. Delia: Sonnet 49
  50. Delia: Sonnet 50
  51. Delia: Sonnet 51
  52. Delia: Sonnet 52
  53. Delia: Sonnet 53
  54. Delia: Sonnet 54
  55. Delia: Sonnet 55
  56. An Ode.
  57. The Complaint Of Rosamond.
  58. To The Right Honourable, The Lady Marie, Countesse Of Pembrooke.
  59. Delia: Sonnet 20
  60. Delia: Sonnet 22
  61. Delia: Sonnet 23
  62. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 1
  63. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 2
  64. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 3
  65. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 4
  66. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 5
  67. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 6
  68. Delia: Rejected Sonnet 7
  69. Love is a sickness full of woes
  70. Ulysses and the Siren
  71. To Sir Tho: Egerton Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England
  72. To the Lady Margaret Countesse of Cumberland
  73. To the Lady Lucie, Countesse of Bedford
  74. A Pastorall
  75. A Description of Beauty, translated out of Marino

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