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Webster, John (1580 - 1632)

Index to poems

  1. Call for the Robin-redbreast and the Wren
  2. From The Devil's Law-case ("All the flowers of the spring")
  3. From The Duchess of Malfi (“O let us howl, some heavy note”)
  4. From The White Devil ("Glories, like glow-worms, afar off shine bright")
Biography: 
  • Gunby, David. "Webster, John (1578x80–1638?)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Given Name: 
John
Family Name: 
Webster
Birth Date: 
1580
Death Date: 
1632
Nationality: 
English
Family Relations: 
father : John Webster
Spoken Languages: 
English
Literary Period: 
Jacobean
Literary Movement: 
Unknown
First RPO Edition: 
1996-2000