George Wither, English poet and author (born 1588)

George Wither

English poet, pamphleteer, satirist and writer

George Wither was a prolific English poet, pamphleteer, satirist and writer of hymns. Wither's long life spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of England, during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, the Civil War, the Parliamentary period and…