Even earlier instances of this idiomatic expression appear in the Cavalier poet, Thomas Carew's work, " The Spring " ( c . 1640 ), in which, Carew uses earth and its change of seasons as a metaphorical depiction of women and their sensuality ( The Norton Anthology of English Literature 1696 ).
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"Upon the Double Murder of King Charles " is a more politically minded piece than many of her others from this time period, although she is often associated with a class of poets termed Royalist or Cavalier poets, noting their political sympathy to the Royalist cause, those who supported the monarchy of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War and the following English Interregnum.
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Other worthies buried in the pre-Fire church were William Oldhall ( d . 1459 ) Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord Mayors John Yonge ( d . 1466 ) and William Bayley ( d . 1524 ), Peter Blundell ( d . 1601 ) founder of Blundell's School, ( mentioned in Blackmore's novel " Lorna Doone " ) and the Cavalier poet John Cleveland ( d . 1658 ).
