Henry Constable (1562–1613) was an English poet. Becoming a Roman Catholic, he went to Paris, and acted as an agent for the Catholic powers. He died at Liège. In 1592 he published Diana, a collection of sonnets, and contributed to England's Helicon four poems, including "Diaphenia" and "Venus and Adonis". His style is characterised by fervour and richness of colour.
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Diaphenia
- Diaphenia like the daffadowndilly
- I do love thee as my lambs
Are belovėd of their dams
- As the birds do love the spring,
Or the bees their careful king
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