Editing Andrew Marvell (section)

==First poems and Marvell's time at Nun Appleton==
Marvell's first poems, which were written in [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] and published when he was still at Cambridge, lamented a visitation of the [[Plague (disease)|plague]] and celebrated the birth of a child to King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] and Queen [[Henrietta Maria of France|Henrietta Maria]].  He belatedly became sympathetic to the successive regimes during the [[Interregnum (1649–1660)|Interregnum]] after Charles I's execution on 30 January 1649.  His "Horatian Ode", a political poem dated to 1650, responds with sadness to the regicide, despite the overall praise towards [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s return from Ireland.<ref>Full title "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland".</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Online text |url=http://www.geocities.com/bjlandry_00/Otherwriters/marvellhoratianode.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025041402/http://geocities.com/bjlandry_00/Otherwriters/marvellhoratianode.html |archive-date=25 October 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/marvell-per-newcrits.html| title = Understanding Poetry (Brooks/Penn Warren): Marvell's Horatian Ode<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref>

Circa 1650–52, Marvell served as tutor to the daughter, Marry, of Lord General Fairfax [[Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron|Thomas Fairfax]], who had recently relinquished command of the [[Roundhead|Parliamentary army]] to Cromwell. During this period, Marvell lived at [[Nun Appleton Hall]], near [[York]], where he continued to write poetry. One poem, "Upon Appleton House, To My Lord Fairfax", uses a description of the estate as a way of exploring Fairfax's and Marvell's own social situation in a time of war and political change.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/appleton.htm|title=Upon Appleton House, to my Lord Fairfax|first=Andrew|last=Marvell|publisher=Luminarium|access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> Probably the best-known poem he wrote at this time is "[[To His Coy Mistress]]".