English Nonconformist Poetry, 1660-1700, vol 1

The multi-faceted nature of dissenting verse is demonstrated, from the sonnets of the Quaker Martin Mason to the self-consciously ''witty'' acrostic used to commemorate the Fifth Monarchist Vavasor Powell''s death, to the Quaker schismatic John Perrot''s ''A sea of the seed''s sufferings''.