RELIQUES

OF

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY.

OF

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY.

CONSISTING OF

Old Heroic Ballads, Songs,

AND OTHER PIECES OF OUR EARLIER POETS;
TOGETHER WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE.

BY

THOMAS PERCY,

LORD BISHOP OF DROMORE.

REPRINTED ENTIRE FROM THE AUTHOR'S LAST EDITION.

With Memoir and Critical Dissertation.

THE TEXT EDITED BY CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE.

CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN:

LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.