“I need not tell you I am always thinking of you.” — Andrew Marvell | V2Melody

“I need not tell you I am always thinking of you.”

A simple expression of enduring friendship and affection · Letter to William Ramsden, 28 November 1670

About Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell

31 March 1621–16 August 1678

Andrew Marvell was born on March 31, 1621, in the small village of Winestead in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the son of the Reverend Andrew Marvell and Anne Pease Marvell. The family soon moved to the bustling port town of Hull when the elder Marvell was appointed lecturer at Holy Trinity Church and master…

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“Although it handles me so roughly yet I am not at all amated by it.”

Meeting hostile criticism without being intimidated by it · Letter to Sir Edward Harley, 3 May 1673

“I found nevertheless after the writing of that Book, that natural relenting of mind which most men feel after they have done an harsh, though necessary action.”

Acknowledging the human unease that can follow necessary severity · The Rehearsal Transpros'd: The Second Part

“I do most certainly believe that the Supream Magistrate hath some Power, but not all Power in matters of Religion.”

Drawing a firm boundary between political authority and religious conscience · The Rehearsal Transpros'd: The Second Part