1. sir
  2. 1500
  3. English
  4. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
The Means to attain Happy Life

Martial, the things that do attain
  The happy life be these, I find,—
The riches left, not got with pain;
  The fruitful ground, the quiet mind,

The equal friend; no grudge, no strife;
  No charge of rule, nor governance;
Without disease, the...

Poet: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
“Give place, ye lovers”

Give place, ye lovers, here before
  That spent your boasts and brags in vain;
My lady’s beauty passeth more
  The best of yours, I dare well sayen,
Than doth the sun the candle light,
Or brightest day the darkest night.

And thereto hath a troth...

Poet: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey