Andrew Marvell
English metaphysical poet and political writer whose carpe diem poem To His Coy Mistress is one of the most celebrated in English. His garden poems and lyrical meditations show extraordinary wit and compression.
Works
- To His Coy MistressLyric poem arguing for seizing love's moment before time and beauty inevitably fade
- The GardenMeditative poem celebrating contemplative retirement in nature and philosophical solitude
- Upon Appleton HouseTopographical poem praising a great house and estate as emblem of virtue and order
- Collected Poems