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MICHAEL DRAYTON: IDEA: ELIZABETHAN SONNET CYCLEá Michael Drayton&rsquo,s &lsquo,Idea&rsquo, is one of the major Elizabethan sonnet sequences, reprinted here in an attractive new edition. áá &lsquo,Idea&rsquo, is a sonnet cycle of love poetry, and some of the finest verse in the English language. áá The book includes a note on Michael Drayton, illustrations, and suggestions for further reading. Each poem has a page to itself. It',s a useful edition for students. áá Michael Drayton was born in 1563 in Warwickshire. He worked as a page (for Sir Henry Goodyere, an early patron, and later for Lucy, Countess of Bedford), and esquire (for Sir Walter Aston). As well as poems he wrote plays (1597-1602). He died in 1631 and is buried in Westminster Abbey. áá Michael Drayton&rsquo,s &lsquo,Idea In Sixtie Three Sonnets&rsquo, was revised a number of times by the author. It was published first in 1594, and was republished in 1599, 1600, 1602, 1605 and 1619. Anne Goodyere (the daughter of Sir Philip Sidney&rsquo,s friend Sir Henry Goodyere), is assumed to be the object of affection in the sonnet sequence (though it&rsquo,s not certain if they were romantically involved, Drayton remained a passionate admirer for most of his life, and hers. She was married to Sir Henry Rainsford from 1595 until Rainsford&rsquo,s death in 1622, after which Drayton continued as Anne&rsquo,s devotee). The name Idea also has Platonic associations. áá MICHAEL DRAYTON, SONNET 4, FROM ',IDEA',: áá BRIGHT STAR of beauty, on whose eyelids sit | A thousand nymph-like and enamoured graces, | The goddesses of memory and wit, | Which there in order take their several places, | In whose dear bosom, sweet delicious love | Lays down his quiver which he once did bear, | Since he that blessed paradise did prove, | And leaves his mother',s lap to sport him there | Let others strive to entertain with words | My soul is of a braver mettle made, | I hold that vile which vulgar wit affords, | In me',s that faith which time cannot invade. | Let what I praise be still made good by you, | Be you most worthy whilst I am most true! áá Illustrated. Bibliography and note. 92 pages.á www.crmoon.comá