Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace - Kent Cavalier Poet Image courtesy of Noel Craggs, South-East History Boards I am always fascinated by the use of poetry on war memorials. Discovered, thanks to a discussion on the South East History Boards that some lines by Richard Lovelace, the Cavalier Poet, ( 1618-1658 ) from the poem 'Grasshopper', are quoted on a plaque placed on a stone to mark 'The last stand of the Royalist Defenders of Maidstone' , facing General Fairfax storming of the city on 1st June 1648. This phase of the Second Civil War was a precursor to the Siege of Colchester already covered by this blog..The lines are in fact the tenth and last verse of 'The Grass-hopper ' Thus richer then untempted Kings are we, That asking nothing, nothing need : Though Lord of all what Seas imbrace ; yet he That wants himselfe, is poore indeed. The me