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IMAGINATION AND FANCY;

OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Xllustrative of those First Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT 10X1

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BY

LEIGH HUNT.

NEW EDITION, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

NEW YORK:

GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY.

1850.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE •

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

A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY.

(54)

(62)

.

(72

77

MAY 7

A NYMPH BATHING

89

THE CAVE OF DESPAIR

. 90

A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

91

MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE

93

.

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

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

93

97

SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA's IDEA OF WEALTH

A VISION OF HELEN

.

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

. 100

102

103

103

. 104

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THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA

THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

• 100

. 108

116

121

130

. 131

· 136

. 137

138

LOVERS AND MUSIC

ANTONY AND THE CLOUDS

.

SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON

· 140

142

142

143

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148

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THE WITCH

.

A MEETING OF WITCHES

A CATCH OF SATYRS

SELECTIONS FROM BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, WITH CRITICAL

NOTICE

150

MELANCHOLY.

152

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

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

158

FLIGHT OF WITCHES

162

SELECTIONS FROM MILTON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

SATAN'S RECOVERY FROM HIS DOWNFALL

172

174

175

THE FALLEN ANGELS GATHERED AGAIN TO WAR

.

VULCAN

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