{"date":"December 14","id":"12-14","intro":["The many-sided Marvell, who wielded a pen that was both feared and courted, is seen at his best in stirring verse. “A Garden,” “Prospect of Flowers,” with the “Horatian Ode upon Cromwell,” show the power of his genius."],"minutes":9,"readings":[{"author":"Andrew Marvell","end":379,"start":370,"volume":40,"work":"Poems"}],"slug":"december-14","status":"proofread","title":"Pastoral Poems and Politics","url":"/harvard-classics/december-14/","words":1826}