Richard Lovelace, English poet (died 1657)

Richard Lovelace (poet)

English writer and poet (1617–1658)

Richard Lovelace was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on behalf of Charles I during the English Civil War. His best known works are "To Althea, from Prison", and "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres".