THE

POETS AND POETRY

OF

ENGLAND,

IN

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

BY

RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

A DRAINLESS SHOWER

OF LIGHT IS POESY: 'TIS THE SUPREME OF POWER:
"TIS MIGHT HALF SLUMBERING ON ITS OWN RIGHT ARM.

JOHN KEATS.

PHILADELPHIA:

CAREY & HART, CHESNUT STREET.

MDCCCXLV.

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, by

CAREY & HART,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Stereotyped by L. Johnson, Phila.

Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.