JOHN POMFRET BIOGRAPHY
JOHN POMFRET BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
POMFRET, JOHN (1667-1702). —Poet, s. of a clergyman, entered the Church. He wrote several rather dull poems, of which the only one remembered, though now never read, is The Choice , which celebrates a country life free from care, and was highly popular in its day.