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IMAGINATION AND FANCY;

OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

#llustrative of those First Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT I LOWX17"

BY

LEIGH HUNT.

NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

NEW YORK:
GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY,

1850.

(4756)

CONTENTS.

PREFACE .

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHAT IS POETRY ?”

SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

ARCHIMAGO'S HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

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THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSER PINE

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A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY

HOPE

.

MAY 7 '27

A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

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MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS

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LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE

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

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

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A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

ENCHANTED MUSIC

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SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

· 100

A SATIR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH

CRITICAL NOTICE

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FLIGHT OF WITCHES

SELECTIONS FROM MILTON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

SATAN'S RECOVERY FROM HIS DOWNFALL

THE FALLEN ANGELS GATHERED AGAIN TO WAR

VULCAN

THE FALLEN ANGELS HEARD RISING FROM COUNCIL

SATAN ON THE WING FOR EARTH

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THE MEETING OF SATAN AND DEATH

L'ALLEGRO

IL PENSEROSO

LYCIDAS

COMUS THE SORCERER

SELECTIONS FROM COLERIDGE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

LOVE; OR, GENEVIEVE

KUBLA KHAN.

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YOUTH AND AGE

THE HEATHEN DIVINITIES MERGED INTO ASTROLOGY

WORK WITHOUT HOPE

SELECTIONS FROM SHELLEY, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO A SKYLARK

A GARISH DAY

CONTEMPLATION OF VIOLENCE

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A ROCK AND CHASM

LOVELINESS INEXPRESSIBLE

.

EXISTENCE IN SPACE

DEVOTEDNESS UNREQUIRING