Andrew Marvell
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Andrew Marvell was an English poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John
c. 1655–1660 portrait
Portrait attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, Trinity College, Cambridge
Engraving of Marvell
A statue of Andrew Marvell, located in the Marketplace, Kingston upon Hull, England
Upon Appleton House
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"Upon Appleton House" is a poem written by Andrew Marvell for Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron. It was written in 1651, when Marvell was working as a tutor for Fairfax's daughter, Mary. An
Andrew Marvell
…Milton. A metaphysical poet, his poems range from the love-song "To His Coy Mistress", to evocations of an aristocratic country house and garden in "Upon Appleton House" and "The Garden", the political address "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland", and the later personal and political satires "Flecknoe…
Nun Appleton Priory, 1656