Aemilia Lanyer & Mary Sidney 
Renaissance Women Poets [EPUB ebook] 

Whitney’s two volumes of verse miscellany, ‚Sweet Nosegay‘ (1573) and ‚The Copy of a Letter‘ (1567), were part of a literary trend of combining classical and Biblical references with popular and vernacular sources, and reflect the growing literary appetites of the urban population. As well a selection of her original poetry, this volume includes Sidney’s version of the Psalms of David and Petrach’s ‚Triumph of Death‘. Lanyer’s poetry is devotional and is the most single-minded and explicit inits advocacy of female spirituality and virtue. Included here are ‚Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum‘ and ‚The Description of Cooke-ham‘.