eighteen-line

Updated: July 31, 2026

Hecatompathia, or The Passionate Centurie of Love, consisting of 100 eighteen-line poems, which he called sonnets. It was followed by Amyntas and Teares of Fansie . Poet, b. in London, had an active career as a journalist. He founded the United Service Gazette, and ed. various newspapers and an annual, the Literary Souvenir. His poems were coll. as Lyrics of the Heart.

John W. (John William) Cousin - A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature