A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Pomfret, John
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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.
