OR SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS Illustrative of those First Requisites of their Art; WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "WHAT IS POETRY?" BY LEIGH HUNT. NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. NEW YORK: GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY. 1851. CONTENTS. AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, "WHAT IS POETRY ?" SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE ARCHIMAGO'S HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA AN ANGEL WITH A PILGRIM AND A FAINTING KNIGHT A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS . 49 54 62 72 93 93 SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH |