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1554-1628
Poet, dramatist and biographer; educated at Shrewsbury School where he was a contemporary and close friend of Sir Philip Sidney . He wrote a Life of Sidney after his friend's untimely death, but it was not published until 1652. Greville was murdered by his own servant in London and his body brought back to his home at Warwick Castle - his ghost is said to haunt his old apartments to this day. Most of his literary works were published posthumously: a collection of poetry and prose in 1633 and Remains (1670) together with the Life of Sidney mentioned above.
From An Illustrated Literary Guide to Shropshire by Gordon Dickins, published by Shropshire Libraries, 1987. © Gordon Dickins, 1987.
A selection of poetry by the author can be found at Poet's corner:-
Fair dog, which so my heart
You little stars
The world that all contains
Fie, foolish earth
The nurse-life wheat
Absence, the noble truce
Cynthia, because your horns
The earth with thunder torn
Rewards of earth
The Literary Encyclopedia has a profile of Sir Fulke Greville by David Reid, University of Stirling.
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