An Anthology of Renaissance Lyrics

Henry Constable (1562-1613)

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For two different views of Constable, see the article on Constable's Diana, in The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (1907-21), Vol. III, and the section on Henry Constable in William Minto's "Elizabethan Sonneteers" (1885).  (Project Bartleby & Sonnet Central)

• Diana (sonnets):  1594 "enlarged" edition; contains sonnets probably not by Constable.  (complete)  (Renascence Editions)
• Spiritual Sonnets (1594)  (Sonnet Central)
  • To God the Father
  • To God the Son
  • To God the Holy Ghost
  • To the Blessed Sacrament
  • To Our Blessed Lady
  • To St. Michael the Archangel
  • To St. John Baptist
  • To St. Peter and St. Paul
  • To St. Mary Magdalen [1]
  • To St. Katherine
  • To St. Margaret
  • To Our Blessed Lady [1]
  • To Our Blessed Lady [2]
  • To Our Blessed Lady [3]
  • To St. Mary Magdalen [2]
  • To St. Mary Magdalen [3]
  • To St. Mary Magdalen [4]
• Damelus' Song to Diaphenia (Poets' Corner)
• The Shepherd's Venus and Adonis (Poets' Corner)