Robert Wever was an English poet and dramatist of the sixteenth century (''

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'' c. 1550) about whom little biographical information seems to have survived. His name is often given as Richard Wever or simply R. Wever. ''An Enterlude called lusty Juventus'', an

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, attributed to him, was published in 1565. The poem ''In Youth is Pleasure'' (In a herber green asleep whereas I lay...), is a popular and remembered

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piece, has been several times set to music, and supplied the writer and painter

Denton Welch Maurice Denton Welch (29 March 1915 – 30 December 1948) was a British writer and painter, admired for his vivid prose and precise descriptions. Life Welch was born in Shanghai, China, to Arthur Joseph Welch, a wealthy British rubber merchant, ...

with the title of his second novel.

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''Lusty Juventus'' online text
16th-century births 16th-century deaths English male poets {{England-poet-stub