A SELECTION FROM THE BEST ENGLISH POETS, FROM SPENSER TO THE PRESENT TIMES; AND SPECIMENS OF SEVERAL AMERICAN POETS. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. THE SEVENTH EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. LONDON: M.DCCC.XLIII. The Im mortality of the Soul 43 Dryden, John, (b. 1631, d. 1700.) 63 66 68 d. 1769.) 136 139 47 The Happiness of a Rural Life 46 Gay, John, (6. 1688, d. 1732.) The Butterfly and the Snail 97 Goldsmith, Oliver, (6. 1731, d. 1774.) Habington, William, (b. 1605, d. 1654.) 50 Heber, Reginald, (6. 1783, d. 1826.) Palestine 277 The Druses 277 The Crusade 278 Hymn, Fifteenth Sunday after 279 Chatterton, Thomas, (b. 1752, d. 1770.) The Dissolution of Friendship 199 Collins, William, (6. 1720, d. 1756.) 123 Cowper, William, (6.1731, d. 1800.) 160 162 An English Peasant 180 • 181 . . . . |