Who is Thomas Shadwell

Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689.

Life

Shadwell was born at either Bromehill Farm, Weeting-with-Broomhill or Santon House, Lynford, Norfolk, and educated at Bury St Edmunds School, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1656. He left the university without a degree, and joined the Middle Temple. At the Whig triumph in 1688, he superseded John Dryden as poet laureate and historiographer royal. He died at Chelsea on 19 November 1692. He was buried in Chelsea Old Church, but his tomb was destroyed by wartime bombing. A memorial to him with a bust by Francis Bird survives in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.He was married to the actress Anne Shadwell,...
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Thomas Shadwell Poems

• Your Awful Voice
  Your awful voice I hear and I obey,
  Brother to Jove and monarch of the sea.
  Come down, my blusterers, swell no more,
  Your stormy rage give o'er. ...
• Halcyon Days
  Halcyon days, now wars are ending.
  You shall find where-e'er you sail
  Tritons all the while attending
  With a kind and gentle gale....
• Love Quickly Is Pall'd
  Love quickly is pall'd,
  Tho' with labour 'tis gain'd;
  Wine never does cloy
  Tho' with ease 'tis obtain'd....
• Nymphs And Shepherds
  Nymphs and shepherds, come away.
  In this grove let's sport and play,
  For this is Flora's holiday,
  Sacred to ease and happy love,...
• Prepare, Prepare
  Prepare, prepare, new Guests draw near
  And on the brink of Hell appear.
  Kindle fresh Flame of Sulphur there.
  Assemble all ye Fiends,...

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