Richard Steere (c. 1643–1721)Wharton, Donald P. (1979) Richard Steere: ''Richard Steere: Colonial Merchant Poet''. Donald P. Wharton, quoted on the University of Pennsylvania page summarizing Wharton's book

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, England, probably in 1643. Steere emigrated to the American colonies, probably to

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Poetry

Steere is known for a book of poetry, ''A Monumental Memorial of Marine Mercy'', and for ''The Daniel Catcher'' (1713), an anti-Catholic answer to

Absalom and Achitophel ''Absalom and Achitophel'' is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681. The poem tells the Biblical tale of the rebellion of Absalom against King David; in this context it is an all ...

John Dryden John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration (En ...

. These were published in

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. The modern critic Donald P. Wharton described him as "a poet unusually versatile for his time and place, hoadds a dimension to the study of 17th-century American poetry."

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