Joshua Sylvester. Biography

Josuah Sylvester (1563 – 28 September 1618) was an English poet.

Sylvester was the son of a Kentish clothier. In his tenth year he was sent to school at King Edward VI School, Southampton, where he gained a knowledge of French. After about three years at school, he appears to have been put to business, and in 1591 the title-page of his Yvry states that he was in the service of the Merchant Adventurers' Company.

He was for a short time a land steward, and in 1606 Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales gave him a small pension as a kind of court poet. In 1613 he obtained a position as secretary to the Merchant Adventurers. He was stationed at Middelburg, in the Low Countries, where he died.

Joshua Sylvester's Poems:

1. Love's Omnipresence
2. The Fruits of a Clear Conscience
3. The Father
4. A Contented Mind
5. To His Coy Love
6. They Say That Shadows Of Deceased Ghosts
7. The Glorious Stars Of Heaven