"Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had."
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To Henry Reynolds, of Poets and Poesy (1627), referring to Christopher Marlowe.
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Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era.
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