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Also known as British Aristides, Andrew Marvel

English poet and politician (1621–1678)

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Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) was an English poet and author. His literary output includes works such as *Poetical works*, *Satires*, *The complete English poems*, and *The second advice to the painter*. He is also associated with the title *Andrew Marvell: the wit, statesman, & poet*.

Marvell’s writings have been recorded across various sources, with one database listing 195 works. His poetry includes lines such as "Gather the flowers, but spare the buds" and "Art indeed is long, but life is short." Additional verses include "She with her eyes my heart does bind" and "How fit is he to sway That can so well obey," the latter from the "Horatian Ode."

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Person · Open Library

Born
1621
Died
1678
Works
195

Top works

  • The Third part of advice to the painter
  • Andrew Marvell: the wit, statesman, & poet
  • Poetical works
  • Satires
  • The complete English poems

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
286
Total plays
721

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poetry

Andrew Marvell (31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman (also named Andrew Marvell). As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert. He was a colleague and friend of John Milton. Marvell was born in Winestead-in-Holderness, East Riding of Yorkshire, near the city of Kingston upon Hull. The family moved to Hull when his father was appointed Lecturer at Holy Trinity Church there, an

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Quotes

  • Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.
  • She with her eyes my heart does bind, She with her voice might captivate my mind.
  • How should I avoid to be her slave, Whose subtle art invisibly can wreath My fetters of the very air I breath?
  • While thus he threw his Elbow round, Depopulating all the Ground, And, with his whistling Sythe, does cut Each stroke between the Earth and Root, The edged Stele by careless chance Did into his own Ankle glance; And there among the Grass fell down, by his own Sythe, the Mower mown.
  • Art indeed is long, but life is short.
  • How fit is he to sway That can so well obey ("Horatian Ode," 83-84),

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Key facts

Born
( 1621-03-31 ) 31 March 1621, Winestead , England
Died
16 August 1678 (1678-08-16) (aged 57), London , England
Occupation
Poet
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Notable works
" To His Coy Mistress ", " The Mower's Song ", " The Garden ", " Upon Appleton House ", " On Mr. Milton's Paradise Lost "

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Andrew Marvell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Andrew Marvell (/ˈmɑːrvəl, mɑːrˈvɛl/; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John Milton. A metaphysical poet, his poems range from the love-song "To His Coy Mistress", to evocations of an aristocratic country house and garden in "Upon Appleton House" and "The Garden", the political address "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland", and the later personal and political satires "Flecknoe" and "The Character of Holland".

Early life

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