The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Samuel Daniel, Vol. 1 of 4: Memorial Introduction, Biographical; Inedited Introductory Poems, 1595-1623; Sonnets to Delia, 1592; The Complaint of Rosamond, 159

by Samuel Daniel

The Sonnets to Delia and other verse within, stand as some of the earliest gems from a poet who would go on to be hailed as one of the finest of the Elizabethan era. Samuel Daniel in this, his first publication, was to establish a signature style that would see him celebrated alongside such literary giants as Spenser, Shakespeare, and Sidney. His sonnets are a window into the era, a textual time-capsule detailing the innermost emotional turmoil of unrequited love. His plaintive lyrics and the acute psychological insights that characterise them have ensured that these sonnets endure as the very embodiment of the era itself. Within these pages, the reader will find the recurring themes of love's bittersweet torments, obsession, and the ever-present specter of death - each given vivid expression through Daniel's exceptional command of language and undeniable skill in verse.

328 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27, 2015

About the author

Samuel Daniel was born in 1562 near Taunton in Somerset to a music-master. In 1579, Daniel was admitted to Magdalen Hall (now known as Hertford College) at Oxford University, where he remained for about three years and afterwards devoted himself to the study of poetry and philosophy.

Late in life, Daniel retired to a farm called The Ridge, near Beckington, in Somerset, where he died on 14 October 1619.