PREFACE.

obtained by occasional deviations from it; and moreover, the greater poets seemed better placed when dividing the minor

ones.

The spelling of DUNBAR's poetry has been slightly modernized

(as SPENSER's has been of late), in order to make his really

beautiful poem intelligible.

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The Creation of Light

FROM THORKELIN'S “BEOWULF."
The Grendel

TENTH CENTURY.
Cuckoo Song
Modernized by WARTON

.ALCUIN. A.D. 725-804.
A Farewell to his Cell

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1157—1199. Song by Richard Cæur de Lion

CHAUCER. 1328—1400.
Daisie of Light
Chaucer's Love for the Daisy .
A Picture of Fair Women
JOHN BARBOUR.

1316—1395. A! Fredome is a nobill thing!

JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND. 1394-1437.
In Captivity

WILLIAM DUNBAR. 1475-1530.
To a Lady
Right as the sterre of day began to shine

SIR THOMAS WYAT. 1503-1554.
Sir Thomas Wyat to Anne Boleyn

ANNE BOLEYN. 1536. Deth, rock me asleep

TIME OF HENRY VIII. A Hunting Song

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EARL OF SURREY. 1516-1547.

Set me e'en where the sun doth parch the green.

Alas! so all things now do hold their peace

Give place, ye lovers

TIME OF EDWARD VI.

In an Arbour green.

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ANONYMOUS. 1569.

Love me little, love me long.

BALLADS QUOTED BY SHAKSPEARE.

King Cophetua and the Beggar-Maid

Jephthah, Judge of Israel

CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. 1565-1593.

The Passionate Shepherd to his Love

SIR WALTER RALEIGH. 1552—1618.

The Nymph's Reply

Shall I like an Hermit dwell?

Wrong not, sweet Mistress of my Heart

EDMUND SPENSER. 1553-1599.

Angels

Minerva and Arachne

Sonnet

Una and the Lion

The Swan.

The House of Sleep

Like as a huntsman, after weary chase .

The Bride

Trees

GEORGE PEELE. 1552–1598.

Paris and (Enone

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. 1554-1586.

Sleep.

Come, Sleep, 0 Sleep ! the certain knot of peace

SAMUEL DANIEL. 1562-1619.

Unto the boundless ocean of thy beauty

Ulysses and the Syren

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QUEEN ELIZABETH. 1533-1603.

I grieve, and dare not show my discontent :

ANONYMOUS. 1555.

My minde to me a kingdom is

MICHAEL DRAYTON. 1563—1631.

Since there's no help, come, let us kiss and part !

The Battle of Agincourt .

THOMAS HEYWOOD. 1500—1565.

The Noble Traitor .

1576.

The Mariner's Song

1609.

The Mariner's Glee .

BEN JONSON. 1574- 1637.

Hymn to Cynthia

Phosphorus, the Morning Star

GEORGE CHAPMAN. 1557–1634.

Our best Pilot .

Unexpected Joys

JOHN WEBSTER. 1612.

Dirge.

SHAKSPEARE. 1564-1616.

Katharine and Petruchio.

Flowers

Moonlight

Sonnets

Ariel's Song

Sonnet

Song -

Ariel's Songs

ANONYMOUS. DATE UNCERTAIN.

Sir Patrick Spence

JOHN FLETCHER. 1576—1625.

The Virtuous Well .

JAMES SHIRLEY. 1594–1666.

The Grave

JOHN WILSON. 1690.

An Italian Garden

W. DRUMMOND. 1585-1649.

Sonnet on Absence.

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THOMAS CAREW. 1589--1639.

Spring

Unfading Beauty

The Primrose

ANDREW MARVEL. 1620-1678.

The Death of Douglas

BISHOP KING. 1591-1669.

Sic Vita

RICHARD LOVELACE. 1618--1658.

To Lucasta

To Althea from Prison

MARQUIS OF MONTROSE. 1612--1650.

I'll never love thee more

GEORGE WITHER. 1588-1667.

The Shepherd's Resolution

JOHN DENHAM. 1615-1668.

Sleep

ROBERT HERRICK. 1591-1674.

To Corinna, to go a-Maying

To Blossoms

GEORGE HERBERT. 1593–1632.

Sunday

Sweet Day

Duty .

FRANCIS QUARLES. 1592-1644.

Whom have I in Heaven but Thee?

EDMUND WALLER. 1605-1687.

Old Age

The Lark.

JOHN MILTON. 1608—1674.

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

The Expulsion from Paradise. Eve's Lament

Sonnet on his Deceased Wife

Song. On May Morning

ABRAHAM COWLEY. 1618-1667.

On Solitude

Hercules and the Serpents

BISHOP KEN. 1637-1711.

The Poet.

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