The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Montgomerie, Alexander
(mntgm´r) (KEY) , c.1556c.1610, Scottish poet. His principal poem, The Cherry and the Sloe (1597), is a pedestrian and ambiguous allegory that enjoyed considerable popularity in its time. Montgomeries other work includes a verse polemic against Home of Polwarth, 70 sonnets, and miscellaneous poems.