Browne, William
Related Category: English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies
(William Browne of Tavistock)(tăv´ĭstŏk´´), 1591?1645?, English poet. An imitator of Spenser, he did his finest work in pastoral poetry, of which
Britannia's Pastorals (1613, 1616, 1825) and
The Shepherd's Pipe (with George Wither et al., 1614) are the best examples.