OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS

Illustrative of those first Requisites of their art;

WITII MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSIVER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT IS POETRY ?"

BY

LEIGIL HUNT.

NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

NEW YORK:
GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY,

1851.

CONTENTS.

Page

iii.

PREFACE :

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,

"WHAT IS POETRY ?"

SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

ARCHIMAGO's HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

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(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY

HOPE

.

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CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR

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A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE

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THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

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A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

ENCHANTED MUSIC

. 96

SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

A VISION OF HELEN

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

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LOVERS AND MUSIC

ANTONY AND THE CLOUDS

YOUNG WARRIORS

IMOGEN IN BED

SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON

THE LOVE-MAKING OF LUXURY

TOWERING SENSUALITY.

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THE WITCH

A MEETING OF WITCHES

A CATCH OF SATYRS

SELECTIONS FROM BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, WITH CRITICAL

NOTICE

150

MELANCHOLY

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A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH
CRITICAL NOTICE .

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FLIGHT OF WITCHES

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