Значение слова CAREW в Литературной энциклопедии

CAREW

1) RICHARD (1555-1620).-Translator and antiquary, a county gentleman of Cornwall, _ed._ at Oxf., made a translation of the first five cantos of Tasso's _Jerusalem Delivered_ (1594), more correct than that of Fairfax. Other works were _A Survey of Cornwall_ (1602), and an _Epistle concerning the Excellencies of the English Tongue_ (1605). 2)CAREW, THOMAS (1594?-1639).-Poet, _s._ of Sir Matthew C., was _ed._ at Oxf., entered the Middle Temple, and was one of the first and best of the courtly poets who wrote gracefully on light themes of Court life and gallantry. C.'s poems have often much beauty and even tenderness. His chief work is _Coelum Britannicum_. He lived the easy and careless life of a courtier of the day, but is said to have _d._ in a repentant frame. His poems, consisting chiefly of short lyrics, were _coll._ and _pub._ after his death. One of the most beautiful and best known of his songs is that beginning "He that loves a rosy cheek."

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