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Various. English Poets of the Eighteenth Century
English Poets of the Eighteenth Century
Table of Contents
PREFACE
E. B. JOHN POMFRET THE CHOICE (1700)
MATTHEW PRIOR TO A CHILD OF QUALITY (1704) TO A LADY (1704) THE DYING HADRIAN TO HIS SOUL (1704) A BETTER ANSWER (1718)
ISAAC WATTS THE HAZARD OF LOVING THE CREATURES (1706) THE DAY OF JUDGMENT (1709) O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST (1719) A CRADLE HYMN (1719)
LADY WINCHILSEA TO THE NIGHTINGALE (1713) A NOCTURNAL REVERIE (1713)
AMBROSE PHILIPS TO MISS CHARLOTTE PULTENEY, IN HER MOTHER'S ARMS (1725) JOHN DYER GRONGAR HILL (1726)
ANONYMOUS THE HAPPY SAVAGE (1732)
PHILIP DODDRIDGE SURSUM (1735?)
WILLIAM SHENSTONE THE SCHOOLMISTRESS (1737), STANZAS 6, 8, 18–20, 23, 28 WRITTEN AT AN INN AT HENLEY (1764)
CHARLES WESLEY FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY (1739) FOR EASTER-DAY (1739) IN TEMPTATION: JESU, LOVER OF MY SOUL (1740)
WILLIAM COLLINS ODE WRITTEN IN 1746 (1746) ODE TO EVENING (1746) ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER (1746) THE PASSIONS (1746) ODE ON THE POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS (WR. 1749, PUBL. 1788)
THOMAS GRAY AN ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE (1747) HYMN TO ADVERSITY (1748) ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD (1751) THE PROGRESS OF POESY (1757) THE BARD (1757) THE FATAL SISTERS (1768) ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE (1775)
RICHARD JAGO THE GOLDFINCHES (1753), STANZAS 3–10
JANE ELLIOT THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST (WR. 1756)
JAMES MACPHERSON "TRANSLATIONS" FROM OSSIAN FINGAL, AN EPIC POEM (1762), BOOK VI, §§ 10–14 THE SONGS OF SELMA (1762), §§ 4–8, 20–21
JAMES BEATTIE THE MINSTREL, BOOK I (1771), STANZAS 4–5, 16, 22, 32–33, 52–55. LADY ANNE LINDSAY AULD ROBIN GRAY (WR. 1771)
ROBERT FERGUSSON THE DAFT DAYS (1772)
AUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADY ROCK OF AGES (1775) JOHN SKINNER TULLOCHGORUM (1776) THOMAS CHATTERTON SONGS FROM AELLA (1777) THE BODDYNGE FLOURETTES BLOSHES ATTE THE LYGHTE O, SYNGE UNTOE MIE ROUNDELAIE AN EXCELENTE BALADE OF CHARITIE
JOHN NEWTON A VISION OF LIFE IN DEATH (1779?)
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVENING (1789) DOVER CLIFFS (1789)
CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE THE LAND O' THE LEAL (WR. 1798) INTRODUCTION
II. ORTHODOXY AND CLASSICISM ASSAILED (1726–1750)
III. THE PROGRESS OF SENTIMENTALISM
IV. THE TRIUMPH OF SENTIMENTALISM (1776–1800)
ERNEST BERNBAUM
ENGLISH POETS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
JOHN POMFRET
THE CHOICE
I. THE GENTLEMAN'S RETIREMENT
II. HIS FORTUNE AND CHARITY
III. HIS HOSPITALITY AND TEMPERANCE
IV. HIS COMPANY
V. HIS LADY AND CONVERSE
VI. HIS PEACEABLE LIFE
VII. HIS HAPPY DEATH
DANIEL DEFOE
FROM THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN
FROM A HYMN TO THE PILLORY
JOSEPH ADDISON
FROM THE CAMPAIGN
[DIVINE ODE] I
II
III
MATTHEW PRIOR
TO A CHILD OF QUALITY FIVE YEARS OLD THE AUTHOR FORTY
TO A LADY. SHE REFUSING TO CONTINUE A DISPUTE WITH ME, AND LEAVING ME IN THE ARGUMENT
[THE DYING HADRIAN TO HIS SOUL]
A BETTER ANSWER
BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE
FROM THE GRUMBLING HIVE; OR, KNAVES TURNED HONEST
THE MORAL:
ISAAC WATTS
THE HAZARD OF LOVING THE CREATURES
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT
O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST
A CRADLE HYMN
ALEXANDER POPE
FROM AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM. CANTO II
CANTO III
FROM TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD [THE PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE]
OF THE NATURE AND STATE OF MAN, WITH RESPECT TO THE UNIVERSE
I
II
III
IV
[MAN'S POWERS AND FRAILTIES]
[VIRTUE AND HAPPINESS]
FROM MORAL ESSAYS. OF THE CHARACTERS OF WOMEN
FROM EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT
FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE IMITATED
FROM THE EPILOGUE TO THE SATIRES [THE POWER OF THE SATIRIST]
FROM THE DUNCIAD [THE COLLEGE OF DULNESS]
[CIBBER AS DULNESS'S FAVOURITE SON]
[THE RESTORATION OF NIGHT AND CHAOS]
LADY WINCHILSEA
TO THE NIGHTINGALE
A NOCTURNAL REVERIE
JOHN GAY
FROM RURAL SPORTS
FROM THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK. THURSDAY; OR, THE SPELL
FROM TRIVIA
SWEET WILLIAM'S FAREWELL TO BLACK-EYED SUSAN
MY OWN EPITAPH
SAMUEL CROXALL
FROM THE VISION
THOMAS TICKELL. FROM ON THE DEATH OF MR. ADDISON
THOMAS PARNELL
FROM A NIGHT-PIECE ON DEATH
A HYMN OF CONTENTMENT
ALLAN RAMSAY
PATIE AND ROGER
AMBROSE PHILIPS
TO MISS CHARLOTTE PULTENEY, IN HER MOTHER'S ARMS
JOHN DYER
GRONGAR HILL
GEORGE BERKELEY
VERSES ON THE PROSPECT OF PLANTING ARTS AND LEARNING IN AMERICA
JAMES THOMSON
THE SEASONS. FROM WINTER [HARDSHIPS AND BENEVOLENCE]
(LIFE'S MEANING TO THE GENEROUS MIND)
FROM SPRING [THE DIVINE FORCE IN SPRING]
FROM AUTUMN [THE PLEASING SADNESS OF THE DECLINING YEAR]
A HYMN (CONCLUDING THE SEASONS)
[RULE, BRITANNIA] AN ODE: FROM ALFRED, A MASQUE
EDWARD YOUNG
ON WOMEN
NIGHT-THOUGHTS
[MAN'S MARVELLOUS NATURE]
[SATIETY IN THIS WORLD]
[GOD JUST AS WELL AS MERCIFUL]
EDWARD YOUNG
(MAN'S NATURE PROVES HIS IMMORTALITY)
ANONYMOUS
THE HAPPY SAVAGE
SOAME JENYNS
PHILIP DODDRIDGE
SURSUM
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE
FROM THE CHASE
HENRY BROOKE
FROM UNIVERSAL BEAUTY [THE DEITY IN EVERY ATOM]
[NATURE SUPERIOR TO CIVILIZATION]
[THE SPLENDOUR OF INSECTS]
[MORAL LESSONS FROM ANIMAL LIFE]
[PROMPTINGS OF DIVINE INSTINCT]
PROLOGUE TO 'GUSTAVUS VASA'
MATTHEW GREEN
FROM THE SPLEEN
WILLIAM SHENSTONE
FROM THE SCHOOLMISTRESS
WRITTEN AT AN INN AT HENLEY
JONATHAN SWIFT
FROM THE BEASTS' CONFESSION
FROM VERSES ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT
CHARLES WESLEY
FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY
FOR EASTER-DAY
IN TEMPTATION
WRESTLING JACOB
ROBERT BLAIR
FROM THE GRAVE
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD
FROM ON RIDICULE
THE ENTHUSIAST
MARK AKENSIDE
FROM THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION [THE AESTHETIC AND MORAL INFLUENCE OF NATURE]
JOSEPH WARTON
FROM THE ENTHUSIAST; OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE
JOHN GILBERT COOPER
FROM THE POWER OF HARMONY. THE HARMONY OF NATURE
WILLIAM COLLINS
ODE
ODE TO EVENING
ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER. STROPHE
EPODE
ANTISTROPHE
THE PASSIONS. AN ODE FOR MUSIC
ODE ON THE POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. CONSIDERED AS THE SUBJECT OF POETRY. I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
THOMAS WARTON
FROM THE PLEASURES OF MELANCHOLY
[THE PASSING OF THE KING]
SONNET WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF DUGDALE'S 'MONASTICON'
SONNET WRITTEN AT STONEHENGE
SONNET TO THE RIVER LODON
THOMAS GRAY
ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE
HYMN TO ADVERSITY
ELEGY. WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
THE EPITAPH
THE PROGRESS OF POESY. I. 1
I. 2
I. 3
II. 1
II. 2
II. 3
III. 1
III. 2
THE BARD. I. 1
I. 2
I. 3
II. 1
II. 2
II. 3
III. 1
III. 2
III. 3
THE FATAL SISTERS. AN ODE FROM THE NORSE TONGUE
ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE
SAMUEL JOHNSON
IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL
RICHARD JAGO
FROM THE GOLDFINCHES
JOHN DALTON
JANE ELLIOT
THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST
CHARLES CHURCHILL
FROM THE ROSCIAD [QUIN, THE ACTOR]
FROM THE GHOST
[DR. JOHNSON]
JAMES MACPHERSON
["TRANSLATIONS" FROM "OSSIAN, THE SON OF FINGAL"] FROM FINGAL, AN EPIC POEM [FINGAL'S ROMANTIC GENEROSITY TOWARD HIS CAPTIVE ENEMY]
FROM THE SONGS OF SELMA
[COLMA'S LAMENT]
[THE LAST WORDS OF OSSIAN]
CHRISTOPHER SMART
FROM A SONG TO DAVID
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
FROM THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY
THE DESERTED VILLAGE
FROM RETALIATION
JAMES BEATTIE
FROM THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS
LADY ANNE LINDSAY
AULD ROBIN GRAY
JEAN ADAMS
THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE
ROBERT FERGUSSON
THE DAFT DAYS
ANONYMOUS
ABSENCE
JOHN LANGHORNE
FROM THE COUNTRY JUSTICE. GENERAL MOTIVES FOR LENITY
APOLOGY FOR VAGRANTS
AUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADY
ROCK OF AGES
JOHN SKINNER
TULLOCHGORUM
THOMAS CHATTERTON
[SONGS FROM "AELLA, A TRAGYCAL ENTERLUDE, WROTENN BIE THOMAS ROWLEIE"] [THE BODDYNGE FLOURETTES BLOSHES ATTE THE LYGHTE] FYRSTE MYNSTRELLE
SECONDE MYNSTRELLE
THYRDE MYNSTRELLE
SECONDE MYNSTRELLE
[O, SYNGE UNTOE MIE ROUNDELAIE]
AN EXCELENTE BALADE OF CHARITIE. AS WROTEN BIE THE GODE PRIESTE THOMAS ROWLEY, 1464
THOMAS DAY
FROM THE DESOLATION OF AMERICA
GEORGE CRABBE
FROM THE VILLAGE
JOHN NEWTON
A VISION OF LIFE IN DEATH
WILLIAM COWPER
[THE POET AND RELIGION]
[THE DUBIOUS AND THE POSITIVE]
TO A YOUNG LADY
THE SHRUBBERY
[MAN'S INHUMANITY]
[LOVE OF ENGLAND]
[COWPER, THE RELIGIOUS RECLUSE]
[THE ARRIVAL OF THE POST]
[THE BASTILE]
[MEDITATION IN WINTER]
[KINDNESS TO ANIMALS]
ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE
TO MARY
THE CASTAWAY
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES
EVENING
DOVER CLIFFS
ROBERT BURNS
MARY MORISON
THE HOLY FAIR
TO A LOUSE. ON SEEING ONE ON A LADY'S BONNET AT CHURCH
FROM EPISTLE TO J. LAPRAIK
THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT
TO A MOUSE. ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST WITH THE PLOUGH, NOVEMBER, 1785
TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY. ON TURNING ONE DOWN WITH THE PLOUGH IN APRIL, 1786
EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND
A BARD'S EPITAPH
ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS
JOHN ANDEKSON, MY JO
THE LOVELY LASS OF INVERNESS
A RED, RED ROSE
AULD LANG SYNE
SWEET AFTON
THE HAPPY TRIO
TO MARY IN HEAVEN
TAM O' SHANTER: A TALE
AE FOND KISS
DUNCAN GRAY
HIGHLAND MARY
SCOTS, WHA HAE
IS THERE FOR HONEST POVERTY [A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT]
LAST MAY A BRAW WOOER
O, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST
ERASMUS DARWIN
FROM THE BOTANIC GARDEN [PROCUL ESTE, PROFANI]
[THE SENSITIVE PLANT]
WILLIAM BLAKE
TO WINTER
SONG
TO THE MUSES
INTRODUCTION TO SONGS OF INNOCENCE
THE LAMB
THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
A CRADLE SONG
HOLY THURSDAY
THE DIVINE IMAGE
ON ANOTHER'S SORROW
THE BOOK OF THEL
I
II
III
IV
[DEMOCRACY AND PEACE]
CHORUS
THE FLY
THE TIGER
HOLY THURSDAY
THE GARDEN OF LOVE
A LITTLE BOY LOST
THE SCHOOLBOY
LONDON
FROM MILTON
[REASON AND IMAGINATION]
FROM JERUSALEM [TO THE DEISTS]
GEORGE CANNING
[MATRIMONY IN OTAHEITE]
FROM THE NEW MORALITY [ANTI-PATRIOTISM AND SENTIMENTALITY]
CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE
THE LAND O' THE LEAL
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