The Love Poems of Thomas Carew: The Inconstant Mistris

33, [2] pp. Drawings by Kurt Roesch. Thomas Carew, (born 1594/95, West Wickham, Kent, Eng.—died March 22, 1639/40, London), English poet and first of the Cavalier song writers. Educated at the University of Oxford and at the Middle Temple, London, Carew served as secretary at embassies in Venice, The Hague, and Paris. In 1630 Carew received a court appointment and became server at table to the king. The Earl of Clarendon considered him as “a person of pleasant and facetious wit” among a brilliant circle of friends that included the playwright Ben Jonson. - Britannica