OLD FAVOURITES.

OLD FAVOURITES

FROM THE

ELDER POETS

WITH

A FEW NEWER FRIENDS

A SELECTION

BY

MATILDA SHARPE

BIBLIOTHECA

MAR 1581

BODLEIANA

WILLIAMS AND NORGATE

14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
AND 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WOODFALL AND KINDER,

MILFORD LANE, STRAND, W.C.

DEDICATED

TO ALL LOVERS OF POETRY,

AND ESPECIALLY

THE YOUNG GENERATION,

TO HELP STORE THEIR MEMORIES FROM THE TREASURES OF THE PAST.

AND MAY THE POETS' WORDS OF WIT AND WISDOM REFINE THEIR TASTE AND ENNOBLE THEIR HEARTS.