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ANONYMOUS. |
THE FIRST CAROL | 1 |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH (1552–1618). |
VERSES BEFORE DEATH | 1 |
EDMUND SPENSER (1553–1599). |
EASTER | 2 |
FRESH SPRING | 2 |
LIKE AS A SHIP | 3 |
EPITHALAMION | 3 |
JOHN LYLY (1554?–1606). |
THE SPRING | 17 |
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (1554–1586). |
TRUE LOVE | 18 |
THE MOON | 18 |
KISS | 19 |
SWEET JUDGE | 19 |
SLEEP | 20 |
WAT’RED WAS MY WINE | 20 |
THOMAS LODGE (1556–1625). |
ROSALYND’S MADRIGAL | 21 |
ROSALINE | 22 |
THE SOLITARY SHEPHERD’S SONG | 24 |
ANONYMOUS. |
I SAW MY LADY WEEP | 24 |
GEORGE PEELE (1558?–1597). |
FAREWELL TO ARMS | 25 |
ROBERT GREENE (1560?–1592). |
FAWNIA | 26 |
SEPHESTIA’S SONG TO HER CHILD | 27 |
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1562–1593). |
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE | 28 |
SAMUEL DANIEL (1562–1619). |
SLEEP | 29 |
MY SPOTLESS LOVE | 30 |
MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563–1631). |
SINCE THERE’S NO HELP | 30 |
JOSHUA SYLVESTER (1563–1618). |
WERE I AS BASE | 31 |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616). |
POOR SOUL, THE CENTRE OF MY SINFUL EARTH | 32 |
O ME! WHAT EYES HATH LOVE PUT IN MY HEAD | 32 |
SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY? | 33 |
WHEN IN THE CHRONICLE OF WASTED TIME | 33 |
THAT TIME OF YEAR THOU MAY’ST IN ME BEHOLD | 34 |
HOW LIKE A WINTER HATH MY ABSENCE BEEN | 34 |
BEING YOUR SLAVE, WHAT SHOULD I DO BUT TEND | 35 |
WHEN IN DISGRACE WITH FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYES | 35 |
THEY THAT HAVE POWER TO HURT, AND WILL DO | 36 |
FAREWELL! THOU ART TOO DEAR FOR MY POSSESSING | 37 |
WHEN TO THE SESSIONS OF SWEET SILENT THOUGHT | 37 |
DID NOT THE HEAVENLY RHETORIC OF THINE EYE | 38 |
THE FORWARD VIOLET THUS DID I CHIDE | 38 |
O LEST THE WORLD SHOULD TASK YOU TO RECITE | 39 |
LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS | 39 |
HOW OFT, WHEN THOU, MY MUSIC, MUSIC PLAY’ST | 40 |
FULL MANY A GLORIOUS MORNING HAVE I SEEN | 40 |
THE EXPENSE OF SPIRIT IN A WASTE OF SHAME | 41 |
FANCY | 41 |
FAIRIES | 42 |
COME AWAY | 43 |
FULL FATHOM FIVE | 43 |
DIRGE | 44 |
SONG | 44 |
SONG | 45 |
ANONYMOUS. |
TOM O’ BEDLAM | 45 |
THOMAS CAMPION (circa 1567–1620). |
KIND ARE HER ANSWERS | 46 |
LAURA | 47 |
HER SACRED BOWER | 48 |
FOLLOW | 49 |
WHEN THOU MUST HOME | 50 |
WESTERN WIND | 50 |
FOLLOW YOUR SAINT | 51 |
CHERRY-RIPE | 52 |
THOMAS NASH (1567–1601?). |
SPRING | 53 |
JOHN DONNE (1573–1631). |
THIS HAPPY DREAM | 53 |
DEATH | 54 |
HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER | 55 |
THE FUNERAL | 56 |
RICHARD BARNEFIELD (1574?—?). |
THE NIGHTINGALE | 57 |
BEN JONSON (1574–1637). |
CHARIS’ TRIUMPH | 58 |
JEALOUSY | 59 |
EPITAPH ON ELIZABETH L. H. | 59 |
HYMN TO DIANA | 60 |
ON MY FIRST DAUGHTER | 60 |
ECHO’S LAMENT FOR NARCISSUS | 61 |
AN EPITAPH ON SALATHIEL PAVY, A CHILD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH’S CHAPEL | 61 |
JOHN FLETCHER (1579–1625). |
INVOCATION TO SLEEP, FROM VALENTINIAN | 62 |
TO BACCHUS | 63 |
JOHN WEBSTER (—?–1625). |
SONG FROM THE DUCHESS OF MALFI | 63 |
SONG FROM THE DEVIL’S LAW-CASE | 64 |
IN EARTH, DIRGE FROM VITTORIA COROMBONA | 64 |
WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN (1585–1649). |
SONG | 65 |
SLEEP, SILENCE’ CHILD | 66 |
TO THE NIGHTINGALE | 67 |
MADRIGAL I | 67 |
MADRIGAL II | 68 |
BEAUMONT and FLETCHER (1586–1616)—(1579–1625). |
I DIED TRUE | 68 |
FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1586–1616). |
ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY | 69 |
SIR FRANCIS KYNASTON (1587–1642). |
TO CYNTHIA, ON CONCEALMENT OF HER BEAUTY | 69 |
NATHANIEL FIELD (1587–1638). |
MATIN SONG | 71 |
GEORGE WITHER (1588–1667). |
SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP! | 71 |
THOMAS CAREW (1589–1639). |
SONG | 74 |
TO MY INCONSTANT MISTRESS | 75 |
AN HYMENEAL DIALOGUE | 75 |
INGRATEFUL BEAUTY THREATENED | 76 |
THOMAS DEKKER (—1638?). |
LULLABY | 77 |
SWEET CONTENT | 77 |
THOMAS HEYWOOD (—1649?). |
GOOD-MORROW | 78 |
ROBERT HERRICK (1591–1674?). |
TO DIANEME | 79 |
TO MEADOWS | 79 |
TO BLOSSOMS | 80 |
TO DAFFODILS | 81 |
TO VIOLETS | 82 |
TO PRIMROSES | 82 |
TO DAISIES, NOT TO SHUT SO SOON | 83 |
TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME | 84 |
DRESS | 84 |
IN SILKS | 85 |
CORINNA’S GOING A-MAYING | 85 |
GRACE FOR A CHILD | 86 |
BEN JONSON | 88 |
GEORGE HERBERT (1593–1632). |
HOLY BAPTISM | 89 |
VIRTUE | 89 |
UNKINDNESS | 90 |
LOVE | 91 |
THE PULLEY | 91 |
THE COLLAR | 92 |
LIFE | 93 |
MISERY | 94 |
JAMES SHIRLEY (1596–1666). |
EQUALITY | 97 |
ANONYMOUS (circa 1603). |
LULLABY | 98 |
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT (1605–1668). |
MORNING | 99 |
EDMUND WALLER (1605–1687). |
THE ROSE | 99 |
THOMAS RANDOLPH (1606–1634?). |
HIS MISTRESS | 100 |
CHARLES BEST (—?). |
A SONNET OF THE MOON | 101 |
JOHN MILTON (1608–1674). |
HYMN ON CHRIST’S NATIVITY | 101 |
L’ALLEGRO | 109 |
IL PENSEROSO | 113 |
LYCIDAS | 119 |
ON HIS BLINDNESS | 125 |
ON HIS DECEASED WIFE | 126 |
ON SHAKESPEARE | 126 |
SONG ON MAY MORNING | 127 |
INVOCATION TO SABRINA, FROM COMUS | 127 |
INVOCATION TO ECHO, FROM COMUS | 128 |
THE ATTENDANT SPIRIT, FROM COMUS | 129 |
JAMES GRAHAM, Marquis of Montrose (1612–1650). |
THE VIGIL OF DEATH | 130 |
RICHARD CRASHAW (1615?–1652). |
ON A PRAYER-BOOK SENT TO MRS. M. R. | 131 |
TO THE MORNING | 135 |
LOVE’S HOROSCOPE | 137 |
ON MR. G. HERBERT’S BOOK | 138 |
WISHES TO HIS SUPPOSED MISTRESS | 139 |
QUEM VIDISTIS PASTORES, ETC. | 144 |
MUSIC’S DUEL | 149 |
THE FLAMING HEART | 154 |
ABRAHAM COWLEY (1618–1667). |
ON THE DEATH OF MR. CRASHAW | 157 |
HYMN TO THE LIGHT | 159 |
RICHARD LOVELACE (1618–1658). |
TO LUCASTA ON GOING TO THE WARS | 163 |
TO AMARANTHA | 164 |
LUCASTA | 165 |
TO ALTHEA, FROM PRISON | 166 |
A GUILTLESS LADY IMPRISONED: AFTER PENANCED | 167 |
THE ROSE | 168 |
ANDREW MARVELL (1620–1678). |
A HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL’S RETURN FROM IRELAND | 169 |
THE PICTURE OF T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS | 173 |
THE NYMPH COMPLAINING OF DEATH OF HER FAWN | 174 |
THE DEFINITION OF LOVE | 178 |
THE GARDEN | 179 |
HENRY VAUGHAN (1621–1695). |
THE DAWNING | 182 |
CHILDHOOD | 183 |
CORRUPTION | 185 |
THE NIGHT | 186 |
THE ECLIPSE | 188 |
THE RETREAT | 188 |
THE WORLD OF LIGHT | 189 |
SCOTTISH BALLADS. |
HELEN OF KIRCONNELL | 191 |
THE WIFE OF USHER’S WELL | 192 |
THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW | 194 |
SWEET WILLIAM AND MAY MARGARET | 197 |
SIR PATRICK SPENS | 199 |
HAME, HAME, HAME | 203 |
BORDER BALLAD. |
A LYKE-WAKE DIRGE | 204 |
JOHN DRYDEN (1631–1700). |
ODE | 205 |
APHRA BEHN (1640–1689). |
SONG, FROM ABDELAZAR | 209 |
JOSEPH ADDISON (1672–1719). |
HYMN | 209 |
ALEXANDER POPE (1688–1744). |
ELEGY | 210 |
WILLIAM COWPER (1731–1800). |
LINES ON RECEIVING HIS MOTHER’S PICTURE | 213 |
ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD (1743–1825). |
LIFE | 217 |
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757–1828). |
THE LAND OF DREAMS | 217 |
THE PIPER | 218 |
HOLY THURSDAY | 219 |
THE TIGER | 220 |
TO THE MUSES | 221 |
LOVE’S SECRET | 221 |
ROBERT BURNS (1759–1796). |
TO A MOUSE | 222 |
THE FAREWELL | 224 |
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850). |
WHY ART THOU SILENT? | 225 |
THOUGHTS OF A BRITON ON THE SUBJUGATION OF SWITZERLAND | 226 |
IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE | 226 |
ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC | 227 |
O FRIEND! I KNOW NOT | 227 |
SURPRISED BY JOY | 228 |
TO TOUSSAINT L’OUVERTURE | 228 |
WITH SHIPS THE SEA WAS SPRINKLED | 229 |
THE WORLD | 229 |
UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1802 | 230 |
WHEN I HAVE BORNE IN MEMORY | 230 |
THREE YEARS SHE GREW | 231 |
THE DAFFODILS | 232 |
THE SOLITARY REAPER | 233 |
ELEGIAC STANZAS | 234 |
TO H. C. | 237 |
’TIS SAID THAT SOME HAVE DIED FOR LOVE | 238 |
THE PET LAMB | 240 |
STEPPING WESTWARD | 243 |
THE CHILDLESS FATHER | 244 |
ODE ON INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY | 245 |
SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771–1832). |
PROUD MAISEE | 252 |
A WEARY LOT IS THINE | 252 |
THE MAID OF NEIDPATH | 253 |
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772–1834). |
KUBLA KHAN | 254 |
YOUTH AND AGE | 256 |
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER | 258 |
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR (1775–1864). |
ROSE AYLMER | 281 |
EPITAPH | 282 |
CHILD OF A DAY | 282 |
THOMAS CAMPBELL (1767–1844). |
HOHENLINDEN | 282 |
EARL MARCH | 283 |
CHARLES LAMB (1775–1835). |
HESTER | 284 |
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM (1784–1842). |
A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA | 285 |
GEORGE NOEL GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788–1823). |
THE ISLES OF GREECE | 286 |
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792–1822). |
HELLAS | 290 |
WILD WITH WEEPING | 291 |
TO THE NIGHT | 291 |
TO A SKYLARK | 293 |
TO THE MOON | 297 |
THE QUESTION | 297 |
THE WANING MOON | 298 |
ODE TO THE WEST WIND | 299 |
RARELY, RARELY COMEST THOU | 301 |
THE INVITATION, TO JANE | 303 |
THE RECOLLECTION | 305 |
ODE TO HEAVEN | 308 |
LIFE OF LIFE | 310 |
AUTUMN | 311 |
STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLES | 312 |
DIRGE FOR THE YEAR | 313 |
A WIDOW BIRD | 314 |
THE TWO SPIRITS | 314 |
JOHN KEATS (1795–1821). |
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI | 316 |
ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN’S HOMER | 318 |
TO SLEEP | 319 |
THE GENTLE SOUTH | 319 |
LAST SONNET | 320 |
ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE | 320 |
ODE ON A GRECIAN URN | 323 |
ODE TO AUTUMN | 325 |
ODE TO PSYCHE | 326 |
ODE TO MELANCHOLY | 328 |
HARTLEY COLERIDGE (1796–1849). |
SHE IS NOT FAIR | 329 |
NOTES | 331 |