OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Xllustrative of those first Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1 1845,

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . .
AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS POETRY ?" .
SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE .

ARCHIMAGO's HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS
THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE
A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER . . . .

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)
CHARISSA, OR CHARITY .
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CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER
MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY.
SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR .

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UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS
JUPITER AND MAIA
NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA.
VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA .
MAY . . . . . . . . . .
AN ANGEL WITH A PILGRIM AND A FAINTING KNIGHT
AURORA AND TITHONUS
THE BRIDE AT THE ALTAR . . . . . .
A NYMPH BATHING

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THE CAVE OF DESPAIR
A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE
THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POETS MISTRESS . . .

A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

ENCHANTED MUSIC . . . . . . . SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

• . . A VISION OF HELEN . . . .

. . . MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

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SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE .
WHOLE STORY OF THE TEMPEST

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MACBETH AND THE WITCHES
THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA . . . .
THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES
LOVERS AND MUSIC

. . . . . . . ANTONY AND THE CLOUDS

. 100 . 108 . 116 : 121

130 . 131 . 136

. 140 • 142

SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON
THE LOVE-MAKING OF LUXURY
TOWERING SENSUALITY . .
THE WITCH

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. 143 . 145

146 . 148

A MEETING OF WITCHES

A CATCH OF SATYRS

SELECTIONS FROM BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, WITH CRITICAL

NOTICE . . . . . . . . . 150 MELANCHOLY . . .

152 A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS . .

. . . . . . . . 153 A SPOT FOR LOVE TALES . . . . . . . . 155 MORNING . . . . . . . . . . . 155 THE POWER OF LOVE

IN VOCATION TO SLEEP . .
SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH

CRITICAL NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . 103
FLIGHT OF WITCHES . . . . . . . . 162