He made an addition to _Walton's Complete Angler_, which is found in all the later editions.

The companion of Walton in his fishing excursions on the river Dove, Cotton addressed many of his poems to his "Adopted Father." He made travesties upon Virgil and Lucian, which are characterized by great licentiousness; and wrote a gossiping and humorous _Voyage to Ireland_.
Henry Vaughan, 1614-1695: he was called the _Silurist_, from his residence in Wales, the country of the Silures.

He is favorably known by the _Silex Scintillans, or, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations_.

With a rigid religious tone, he has all the attempt at rhetorical effect which mark the metaphysical school, but his language is harsher and more rugged.

He has more heart than most of his colleagues, and extracts of great terseness and beauty are still made from his poems.