, ▁also ▁named ▁Lucy , ▁and ▁the ▁names ake ▁of ▁Sir ▁Henry ▁Good ere ' s ▁daughter ▁( l ater ▁wife ▁of ▁Sir ▁Francis ▁N eth ers ole ). ▁Don ne ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁deeply ▁involved ▁with ▁her ▁on ▁a ▁psych ological ▁level ▁— ▁" M ost ▁of ▁the ▁po ems ▁of ▁Don ne ' s ▁middle ▁years ▁relate , ▁in ▁one ▁way ▁or ▁another , ▁to ▁this ▁gl am orous ▁and ▁intr igu ing ▁woman ." ▁Her ▁contradict ions ▁could ▁be ▁provoc ative : ▁the ▁Count ess ▁was ▁a ▁dedicated ▁Cal vin ist , ▁and ▁supported ▁many ▁Cal vin ist ▁authors ▁and ▁think ers ▁– ▁yet ▁she ▁alleg edly ▁performed ▁bare - bre asted ▁in ▁Court ▁mas ques . ▁Her ▁relationships ▁with ▁some ▁of ▁her ▁po ets , ▁including ▁Don ne ▁and ▁D ray ton , ▁were ▁sometimes ▁une ven ; ▁po ets ▁who ▁dedicated ▁their ▁works ▁to ▁her ▁could ▁also ▁comp lain ▁of ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁her ▁favour . ▁ ▁She ▁was ▁also ▁re cept ive ▁to ▁women ▁po ets , ▁such ▁as ▁her ▁cousin ▁Cec ily ▁Bul st ro de . ▁Bed ford ▁occasionally ▁wrote ▁po ems ▁herself , ▁including ▁a ▁poem ▁Don ne ▁claims ▁he ▁saw ▁in ▁the ▁garden ▁of ▁her ▁T wick en ham ▁estate . ▁Only ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁po ems ▁is ▁ext ant , ▁" De ath ▁be ▁not ▁proud , ▁thy ▁hand ▁gave ▁not ▁this ▁blow ", ▁an ▁ep it aph ▁on ▁Bul st ro de . ▁This ▁poem ▁has ▁been ▁attributed ▁to ▁Don