Possible Clues:

• Robert B. Parker's private eye
• English poet who wrote the epic romance, 'The Faerie Queene'
• English poet (c. 1552-99)
• Old English poet and writers in first half of series
• For him, poetic peers with North and South
• Nothing taken from extraordinary response from poet
• Poet writes, dipping into sherry regularly
• Author of 'The Faerie Queen', d. 1599
• Raleigh contemporary
• One-named fictional detective