Diana: The Sonnets and Other Poems

Diana: the sonnets and other poems – is a collection of sonnets and poems written by Henry Constable and published in 1859. He was an English poet of Elizabethan era and one of the earliest English sonnet sequences. This book presents to the public the complete poetic remains of Henry Constable, one of the leading sonneteers of the era of Elizabeth. While Diana and his other writings are not entirely free of the quirky characteristics of writers of his time, they have a natural mood and a grace of expression that will help to atone for any flaw we speak of. The numbers of Constable are usually harmonious and pleasant; and it would be difficult to single out any of his works that did not show, to a greater or lesser degree, traces of a mind rich in fantasy and invention. The efforts of his muse, to which the Poet attached or wanted to attach major importance, were his spiritual sonnets; in the afterlife he used to speak of his return as the "vain verses" of his youth.