Poems of Richard Barnfield

Richard Barnfield is an important Elizabethan poet whose work continues to gather appreciation from readers and critics alike. He was a brave voice in the English Renaissance who dared to publish poetry about one man's love for another man.</p>In his student days in London he published pastoral verse. Later his poetry turned didactic but he never lost his gentle sense of line and image.</p>For an unknown reason he was disinherited by his father in favor of a younger brother and Richard Barnfield lies today in an unmarked grave. His poetry continues to delight and amaze readers.