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Richard Lovelace first started writing while he was a student at Oxford and wrote almost 200 poems from that time until his death.

His first work was a drama titled The Scholars.

The play was never published ; however, it was performed at college and then in London.

In 1640, he wrote a tragedy titled ' The Soldier ' which was based on his own military experience.

When serving in the Bishops ' Wars, he wrote the sonnet ' To Generall Goring ,' which is a poem of Bacchanalian celebration rather than a glorification of military action.

One of his extremely famous poems is ' To Lucasta, Going to the Warres ,' written in 1640 and exposed in his first political action.

During his first imprisonment in 1642, he wrote his most famous poem ' To Althea, From Prison.

' Later on that year during his travels to Holland with General Goring, he wrote ' The Rose ,' following with ' The Scrutiny ' and on 14 May 1649, ' Lucasta ' was published.

He also wrote poems analyzing the details of many simple insects.

' The Ant ,' ' The Grasse-hopper ,' ' The Snayl ,' ' The Falcon ,' ' The Toad and Spyder.

' Of these poems, ' The Grasse-hopper ' is his most well-known.

In 1660, after Lovelace died, " Lucasta: Postume Poems " was published ; it contains ' A Mock-Song ,' which has a much darker tone than his previous works.