Several of the poems, including "An Elegie upon the death of the Deane of Pauls, Dr. Iohn Donne" are memorial tributes; others, notably "To Saxham," celebrate country-house life; and a few record such events as the successful production of a play ("To my worthy Friend, M. D’Avenant, upon his Excellent Play, The Iust Italian") or the marriage of friends ("On the Marriage of T. K. and C. C. the Morning Stormie").
Другие, в частности «"To Saxham"» прославляют загородную жизнь, и несколько отмечают такие события, как успешная постановка пьесы («"To my worthy Friend, M. D’Avenant, upon his Excellent Play, The Iust Italian"») или свадьба друзей («"On the Marriage of T. K. and C. C. the Morning Stormie"»).