Giles Fletcher the Elder

Giles Fletcher the Elder (c. 1548 – 1611) was an English poet and diplomat, and a member of the English Parliament. His sons Phineas and Giles the Younger were also poets.

Quotes

• Both poles we burnt, whereon the world doeth turne,
  The rownd of heaven, from earth unto the skies:
  And nowe the seas we both intend to burne:
  I with my bowe, and Licia with her eyes.
  • Licia (1593), sonnet 30

• If these by hope doe joye in their distresse,
  And constant are, in hope to conquer tyme,
  Then let not hope in us (sweete friend) be lesse,
  And cause our love to wither in the Pryme.
  Let us conspyre, and time will have an end,
  So both of us in time shall have a frend.
  • Licia (1593), elegy [3]

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Giles Fletcher the Elder on Wikipedia