A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Carew, Lady Elizabeth

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CAREW, LADY ELIZABETH,

Authoress of a dramatic piece entitled "Mariam, the fair Queen of Jewry," which was published in 1613; lived in the reign of James the First of England. Lady Carew is supposed to have been the wife of Sir Henry Carew: and the works of several of her contemporaries are dedicated to her. There is not much of dramatic interest in "Mariam," but a fine vein of sentiment and feeling runs through it; one of the choruses on Revenge of Injuries, has often been quoted; and is worthy of a place in any collection of standard poetry, for its noble and generous simplicity.