E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lovelace, Richard
(b. Kent, 1618; d. London, 1658). “Lucasta: Odes, Sonnets, Songs, etc.” (1649); and some posthumous pieces (1659). Also, “The Scholar,” a comedy; and “The Soldier,” a tragedy (1649), neither of which is extant. “Poems” were edited in 1864 by Carew Hazlitt. See Wood’s “Athenæ Oxonienses” and Morley’s “The King and the Commons.”
