Thomas Traherne
English poet, Anglican cleric, theologian, and religious writer
17th-century english poets
William Shakespeare
English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist
John Milton
English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell
John Donne
English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England