Edward Benlowes

Edward Benlowes (born July 12, 1602, Finchingfield, Essex, Eng.—died Dec. 18, 1676, Oxford, Oxfordshire) was an English poet of the metaphysical school and a patron of the arts. Though his family was Roman Catholic, Benlowes early become a vehement Protestant. He used the wealth from his large inherited estates to support his various artistic endeavours; he commissioned engravings to illustrate his own and his friends’ poems, and he owned his own printing press. During the...