Samuel Daniel (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Samuel Daniel was one of the most prolific verse writers of late sixteenth century England, though some have questioned the quality of his works. Ben Jonson’s brief judgment in the Drummond Conversations is often cited: “Samuel Daniel was a good honest man, had no children, but no poet.” However, the clarity and smoothness of Daniel’s sonnets, the dignity of his philosophical, reflective poems, and the emotional appeal of the dramatic monologue The Complaynt of Rosamonde entitle him to a kinder judgment.
Daniel was born into a middle-class family near Taunton,...
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