RELIQUES

OF

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY.

ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY.

CONSISTING OF

Old Heroic Ballads, Songs,
AND OTHER PIECES OF OUR EARLIER POETS;

TOGETHER WITH SOME FEW OF LATER DATE.

BY

THOMAS PERCY,

LORD BISHOP OF DROMORE.

REPRINTED ENTIRE FROM THE AUTHOR'S LAST EDITION. .

With Memoir and Critical Dissertation.
THE TEXT EDITED BY CHARLES COWDEN CLARKE.

CASSELL PETTER & GALPIN:

LONDON, PARIS J. NEW YORK.