IMAGINATION AND FANCY;

394, 36

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

BY

LEIGH HUNT.

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

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.)

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HOPE . . . . . . . . . .

CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER . . . .

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR . . .

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS

JUPITER AND MAIA

NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA.

VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA .

MAY

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AN ANGEL WITH A PILGRIM AND A FAINTING KNIGHT ..

AURORA AND TITHONUS

THE BRIDE AT THE ALTAR . . . . . . .

A NYMPH BATHING

THE CAVE OF DESPAIR

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

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• ENCHANTED MUSIC

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SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

A VISION OF HELEN . . . . . . .

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

BEAUTY BEYOND EXPRESSION

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE . . .

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SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE .

WHOLE STORY OF THE TEMPEST . .

MACBETH AND THE WITCHES

THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA. . . . .

THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

LOVERS AND MUSIC . . . . . . . .

ANTONY AND THE CLOUDS

YOUNG WARRIORS . . . . . . . . .

IMOGEN IN BED . . . . . . ,

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SELECTIONS FROM BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER, WITH CRITICAL

NOTICE . .

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MELANCHOLY . . . . . . . . . . . 152

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

SHEPHERDESS.

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A SPOT FOR LOVE TALES . . . . . . . . . 155

MORNING . . . . . . . . . . . 155

THE POWER OF LOVE .

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INVOCATION TO SLEEP . . . . . . . . . 157

SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH

CRITICAL NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . 158

FLIGHT OF WITCHES . . . . . . . . . 162

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THE FALLEN ANGELS GATHERED AGAIN TO WAR .

VULCAN . . . · · · · · ·

THE FALLEN ANGELS HEARD RISING FROM COUNCIL

SATAN ON THE WING FOR EARTH

THE MEETING OF SATAN AND DEATH .

L'ALLEGRO . . . . . . . . .

IL PENSEROSO · · · · · ·

LYCIDAS . . . . . . . . .

COMUS THE SORCERER . . . . . . .

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SELECTIONS FROM COLERIDGE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE .

LOVE; OR, GENEVIEVE . . . . . . .

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YOUTH AND AGE

THE HEATHEN DIVINITIES MERGED INTO ASTROLOGY

WORK WITHOUT HOPE . . . . . . .

SELECTIONS FROM SHELLEY, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO A SKYLARK

A GARISH DAY . . . . . . . .

CONTEMPLATION OF VIOLENCE

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A ROCK AND CHASM

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LOVELINESS INEXPRESSIBLE.

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EXISTENCE IN SPACE

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DEVOTEDNESS UNREQUIRING