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Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet famed for his verses on symposiastic themes.

Francis Fawkes — was an English poet and translator. He translated works by Anacreon , Sappho and other classical authors, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas , and was the author of the well-known song, The Brown Jug , and of two poems, Bramham Park and Partridge Shooting. His translation of the Argonautica in rhymed couplets appeared in Fawkes was born near Doncaster , the son of Jeremiah Fawkes, for twenty-eight years rector of Warmsworth , Doncaster.

He was baptised at Warmsworth on 4 April He was educated at Bury Grammar School [ 1 ] under the Rev. John Lister. On 16 March he was admitted as a sizar to Jesus College, Cambridge , where his tutor was the Rev. Richard Oakley. He took his degree of B. A in , and proceeded to an M. He was ordained in the Church of England , and took the curacy of Bramham in Yorkshire.

Anacreon was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems.

He later held the curacy of Croydon , where he came to the notice of Archbishop Thomas Herring , leading to his becoming the vicar of Orpington , Kent. He remained at Orpington until April , when, by the favour of Charles Plumptree, rector of Orpington and patron of the adjacent rectory of Hayes , he was appointed to Hayes with the curacy of Downe.

The other piece of clerical patronage which he received was a chaplaincy to the Princess Dowager of Wales.