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Lullaby . . . . . . . . . . .
MICHAEL DRAYTON
Agincourt . . . . . . . . . .
BEN JONSON
Hymn to Diana · · · · ·
Song to Celia . . . . . . . . . .
The Triumph of Charis
To the Memory of Shakespeare . . . .
A Pindaric Ode.
An Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy
John DONNE
Go and Catch a Falling Star ...
Love's Deity .
Sweetest Love, I Do not Go . . . . .
Death, Be not Proud . . . . . . .
FRANCIS BEAUMONT
Even Such Is Man . . .
On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey . .
JOHN FLETCHER
Sweetest Melancholy . . . . . . .
Care-Charming Sleep . . . . . . .
Song to Bacchus . . . . . . .
JOHN WEBSTER
A Dirge . . . . .
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Hark, Now Everything Is Still . . . .
WILLIAM BROWNE
On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke . .
ELIZABETHAN PROSE
SIR THOMAS NORTH
The Death of Cæsar . . . . . . .
JOHN LYLY
Queen Elizabeth . . . . . . . . .
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
The Defence of Poesy . . . . . . .
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
The Last Fight of the Revenge . . . . .
FRANCIS BACON
Essays: Of Truth
Of Adversity .
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Of Marriage and Single Life . . .
Of Great Place . . . . . . .
Of Wisdom for a Man's Self . . .
Of Youth and Age . . . . . .
Of Gardens . . . . . . . .
Of Studies . . . . . . .
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THOMAS CAREW
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Ask Me no More Where Jove Bestows
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He That Loves a Rosy Cheek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
SIR JOHN SUCKLING
Constancy . . .
Why so Pale and Wan, Fond Lover? . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Digis: · · · · · · · · · · 116
RICHARD LOVELACE
To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars . . . . . . . . . .
To Althea, from Prison . . . . . . . . .
JAMES SHIRLEY
A Dirge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
ROBERT HERRICK
The Argument of His Book . . . . . . . . . . .
Upon the Loss of His Mistresses..
Corinna's Going A-Maying . . . . . .
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time..
How Roses Came Red . . . . . .
To Daffodils
Night Piece, to Julia . ..
Upon Julia's Clothes
An Ode for Ben Jonson . .
Grace for a Child .
To Keep a True Lent . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GEORGE HERBERT
Virtue . . . . . .
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The Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Quip . . . . . . .
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The Pulley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
RICHARD CRASHAW
In the Holy Nativity of Our Lord God . . . .
HENRY VAUGHAN
The Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Ine World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
EDMUND WALLER
On a Girdle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Go, Lovely Rose! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ANDREW MARVELL
An Horatian Ode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
ABRAHAM COWLEY
The Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
The Wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
The Swallow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The Thief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
CHARLES SACKVILLE, EARL OF DORSET
Song: To All You Ladies now at Land . . . . . . . . . . . 127
CAROLINE PROSE
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
Hydriotaphia, or Urn-Burial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
THOMAS FULLER
The Good Schoolmaster
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The Life of Queen Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
IZAAK WALTON
The Complete Angler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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JEREMY TAYLOR
Holy Dying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
JOHN MILTON
✓ L'Allegro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
✓ Il Penseroso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lycidas
On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three::iiii. 151
On Shakespeare.
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To the Lord General Cromwell . . . . . . .
✓ On His Blindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
On the Late Massacre in Piedmont
To Cyriack Skinner . . .
153
On His Deceased Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
✓ Paradise Lost: Book I. .
BOOK 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book XII . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Areopagitica
. . . 181
SAMUEL PEPYS
The Diary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
LOYALIST STALL BALLADS
To Make Charles a Great King
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The Humble Petition of the House of Commons . . . . . . . . 192
The Character of a Roundhead
Come, Drawer, Some Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
The Protecting Brewer . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Lawyers’ Lamentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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THE AGE OF CLASSICISM
JOHN DRYDEN
Absalom and Achitophel
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Mac Flecknoe . . . . . . . . . . .
The Hind and the Panther
A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
Alexander's Feast
Lines Under the Portrait of Milton . .
An Essay of Dramatic Poesy .
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Preface to the Fables . . . . . .
DANIEL DEFOE
The True-Born Englishman
The Shortest Way with the Dissenters . . . .
The Apparition of Mrs. Veal . . . . . .
JONATHAN SWIFT
The Tale of a Tub . . . . . . . . .
A Modest Proposal . . . . . . . . . .
The Journal to Stella . . . . . . . .
JOSEPH ADDISON
The Campaign . . . .
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The Spacious Firmament on High . .
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JOSEPH ADDISON and RICHARD STEELE
The Tatler
Prospectus . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duelling . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ned Softly . . . . . . . . . .
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Frozen Words. ..
The Spectator
Mr. Spectator. . . . . .
The Club . . . . . . .
Westminster Abbey . .
Sir Roger at Church . .
Sir Roger at the Assizes. ..
The Vision of Mirza . . .
A Coquette's Heart . . . .
ALEXANDER POPE
Windsor Forest ..
An Essay on Criticism . . . .
✓ The Rape of the Lock . . .
An Essay on Man ...
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
The Universal Prayer . . . .
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The Deserted Village . . . .
The Retaliation . ..
The Citizen of the World
Beau Tibbs at Home . . . .
A Visit to a Silk-Merchant . .
SAMUEL JOHNSON
The Rambler, No. 12I . . . .
Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield .
Letter to James Macpherson . .
Lives of the English Poets
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How Sleep the Brave . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ode to Evening . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Passions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THOMAS GRAY
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. .
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard . .
The Progress of Poesy . . . . . . .
The Bard . . . . . . . . .
The Fatal Sisters . . . . . . . . .
Sketch of His Own Character. . . . . . . . . .
Letters . . . . .
JAMES MACPHERSON
Cath-Loda . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Songs of Selma . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Carthon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROBERT FERGUSSON
The Daft Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THOMAS CHATTERTON
Bristowe Tragedie . . . . . . . . . . . .
Song from Alla . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WILLIAM CowPER
Walking with God
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The Loss of the Royal George . .
The Task
On the Receipt of My Mother's Picture . . . . . . .
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Sonnet to Mrs. Unwin . .
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To Mary · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
The Castaway · · · · · · ·
ROBERT BURNS
Lines to John Lapraik . .
The Holy Fair . . . .
To a Mouse . . . . .
To a Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Cotter's Saturday Night
Address to the Unco Guid
Tam O'Shanter . . . .
Scots Wha Hae . . . . . . . . . .
Songs
Mary Morison . . .
Green Grow the Rashes . . . . . . . . .
Auld Lang Syne . .
Of A’ the Airts . . .
Tam Glen.
My Heart's in the Highlands . ..
Go Fetch to Me a Pint of Wine . . . . . . . . .
John Anderson
Willie Brewed a Peck o' Maut . . .
Sweet Afton . . . . . . . . ...
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Bonie Doon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ae Fond Kiss . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Highland Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duncan Gray . : : · · · · · · · · ·
See, the Smoking Bowl before Us.
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