Simon Wastell

Simon Wastell (c. 1560–1632) was an English schoolmaster, born in Westmorland and educated at Queen’s College, Oxford. He became master of the free school at Northampton.

He published A True Christians Daily Delight (1623), a verse summary of the chapters of the Bible, enlarged as Microbiblion (1629). The meditation “Man’s Mortality”, which begins “Like as the damask rose you see”, was long anthologised.