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Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG, (courtesy title), was an English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry and the last known execution by King Henry VIII. He was a first cousin of both Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Catherine Howard, second and fifth wives of King Henry VIII. His name is usually associated in literature with that of Wyatt, who was the older poet of the two. He was the son of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey and when his father became Duke of Norfolk (1524) the son adopted the courtesy title of Earl of Surrey. Owing largely to the powerful position of his father, Surrey took a prominent part in the Court life of the time, and served as a soldier both in France and Scotland. He was a man of reckless temper, which involved him in many quarrels, and finally brought upon him the wrath of the aging and embittered Henry VIII. He was arrested, tried for treason and beheaded on Tower Hill.

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List of poems by Henry Howard 48 total

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To his Mistress
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The Soote Season
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Love that Doth Reign and Live
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A VOW TO LOVE FAITHFULLY, HOWSOEVER HE BE REWARDED
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A Satire against the citizens of London
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OF SARDANAPALUS'S DISHONORABLE LIFE AND MISERABLE DEATH.
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Complaint Of The Absence Of Her Lover Being Upon The Sea
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Of Thy Life, Thomas, This Compass Well Mark
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AN ANSWER IN THE BEHALF OF A WOMAN.
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The Ages of Man
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THE LOVER EXCUSETH HIMSELF OF SUSPECTED CHANGE.
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London, Hast Thou Accursed Me
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The Sun Hath Twice
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A SONG WRITTEN BY THE EARL OF SURREY
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The Golden Gift that Nature Did Thee Give
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THE MEANS TO ATTAIN A HAPPY LIFE.
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So Cruel Prison
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Alas! So All Things Now Do Hold Their Peace
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AN EPITAPH ON CLERE, SURREY'S FAITHFUL FRIEND AND FOLLOWER
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COMPLAINT OF A DYING LOVER
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Set Me Whereas the Sun Doth Parch the Green
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The Fansy, Which That I Haue Serued Long 89 ViewsRate it
Complaint of a Lover that Defied Love
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Brittle Beauty
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I Never Saw Youe, Madam, Laye Aparte
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Suche Waiwarde Waies Hath Love That Moste Parte In Discorde
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THE LOVER DESCRIBETH HIS RESTLESS STATE
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The Things that Cause a Quiet Life
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WHEN EACH THING, SAVE THE LOVER IN SPRING, REVIVETH TO PLEASURE.
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Of the Death of Sir T.W. the Elder
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When Ragyng Loue With Extreme Payne
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Too Dearly Had I Bought
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COMPLAINT OF THE ABSENCE OF HER LOVER BEING UPON THE SEA.
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TO THE LADY THAT SCORNED HER LOVER. 48 ViewsRate it
Lady Surrey's Lament for Her Absent Lord
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THE FORSAKEN LOVER DESCRIBETH AND FORSAKETH LOVE
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Certain Books Of Virgil's AEneis: Book II
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From Tuscan Came My Lady's Worthy Race
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HOW NO AGE IS CONTENT
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In Cypres Springes, Wheras Dame Venus Dwelt
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The Frailty and Hurtfulness of Beauty
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A CARELESS MAN SCORNING AND DESCRIBING THE SUBTLE USAGE OF WOMEN TOWARD THEIR LOVERS
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DESCRIPTION OF THE RESTLESS STATE OF A LOVER.
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Harpalus. An Ancient English Pastoral
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The Burial of the Dane
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A Praise of His Love
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A CONSTANT LOVER LAMENTETH.
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Geue Place Ye Louers, Here Before
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