He served as Latin Secretary under John Milton, whose life he would save as a member of Parliament from the hands of a Royalist purge.
His work was published posthumously by his "widow" Mary Palmer, who was actually his housekeeper trying to make off with 500 pounds. As tutor to Lord Fairfax's daughter, he lived at their house Nun Appleton. He penned "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland" to honor the Lord Protector. He served as Latin Secretary under John Milton, whose life he would save as a member of Parliament from the hands of a Royalist purge. FTP, name this lyric poet, author of "To His Coy Mistress".
His work was published posthumously by his "widow" Mary Palmer, who was actually his housekeeper trying to make off with 500 pounds.
Andrew {Marvell}