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  • Drayton, oil painting by an unknown artist, 1628; in the Dulwich College Picture Gallery, London
    In Michael Drayton

    …of his most ambitious work, Poly-Olbion (1612), in which he intended to record comprehensively the Elizabethan discovery of England: the beauty of the countryside, the romantic fascination of ruined abbeys, its history, legend, and present life. He produced a second part in 1622. Written in alexandrines (12-syllable lines), Poly-Olbion is…

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