Izaak Walton.

The Angler; and Lives.
Other Writers.
COWLEY AND MILTON.
In contrast with Milton, in his own age, both in political tenets and in the character of his poetry, stood Cowley, the poetical champion of the party of king and cavaliers during the civil war.

Historically he belongs to two periods--antecedent and consequent--that of the rebellion itself, and that of the Restoration: the latter was a reaction from the former, in which the masses changed their opinions, in which the Puritan leaders were silenced, and in which the constant and consistent Cavaliers had their day of triumph.

Both parties, however, modified their views somewhat after the whirlwind of excitement had swept by, and both deprecated the extreme violence of their former actions.

This is cleverly set forth in a charming paper of Lord Macaulay, entitled _Cowley and Milton_.