Possible Clues:

• Edmund —, poet
• Edmund —, poet
• English poet
• Poet's author in ship on capsizing!
• Old English poet meaning to cover page with rhymes, primarily
• He wrote half of sermon about w hat may separate the sheep from the goats
• Parker detective
• Author writes during service - no wrong in that
• Urich's TV detective
• The Faerie Queene author