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Campion, Thomas

(1567-1620) British writer. Thomas Campion was a poet, physician, and composer. His first collection was published in 1595: "Thomae Campiani Poemata." Other works include: "Epigrammatum Libri II" (1619), and "Observations in the Art of English Posie" (1602).

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The Gentleman

"Although Campion's art is politely civilised, it has considerable variety of mood and profits from the fact that the music, being homophonic with a tune at the top, never gets in the way of the words."

The Latin Poetry of Thomas Campion

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