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PREFACE.

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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.)

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

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

SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

A VISION OF HELEN

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

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

FLIGHT OF WITCHES

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SATAN'S RECOVERY FROM HIS DOWNFALL

THE FALLEN ANGELS HEARD RISING FROM COUNCIL

SATAN ON THE WING FOR EARTH

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A BETTER ENCHANTRESS IMPRISONED IN THE SHAPE OF A SER-

THE VOICE OF A MELANCHOLY GODDESS SPEAKING TO SATURN. 251

A FALLEN GOD

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