“The bee and spider, by a diverse power, Suck honey and poison from the selfsame flower.”
About Francis Davison
c. 1575–c. 1619
In the twilight of the Elizabethan era, when the English literary world shimmered with the brilliance of Shakespeare, Spenser, and Sidney, there moved a quieter, more introspective figure whose voice, though softer, carried the weight of genuine poetic sensibility — Francis Davison. Born in 1575, and passing into…