He addressed "thou best of men and friends" in an 
He addressed "thou best of men and friends" in an ode to his friend Charles Cotton entitled The Grasshopper, and wrote of a "greatness" that "dropt both a load to the cradle and the tomb" in an Elegy for Princess Katherine. A gentleman who "brought up Oxford with him to show you" is the subject of his prelude to The Scholars, and he also wrote of a woman who possessed a fan with a looking-glass in it, as well as two songs sung by Orpheus to the beasts and the woods. Better known for writing to Lucy Sacheverell that "I could not love thee dear so much, loved I not honor more," FTP, identify this Cavalier poet, best known for his Lucasta poems, including one "To Althea, from Prison."
He addressed "thou best of men and friends" in an ode to his friend Charles Cotton entitled The Grasshopper, and wrote of a "greatness" that "dropt both a load to the cradle and the tomb" in an Elegy for Princess Katherine.
Richard {Lovelace}