1787 in E. Spenser I. p. lxxxix The uncommon ardour of his passion, as well as the fineness of his wit and language, established him the master of love-poetry among the Moderns.
1861 J. Brown 2nd Ser. II. 466 This perfervor of our Scottish love poetry.
1991 F. Kanga (1992) vi. 79 And someone gave me a book of Elizabethan love poetry, but you can't read too much of that. Just an occasional dip.