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A HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF E N G L I S H P O E T R Y
- PREFACE.
A HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF E N G L I S H P O E T R Y
- PART THE FIRST.
  - I A MEDITATION UPON THE FRAILTY OF THIS LIFE.
  - II LOVE THE ONLY PRICE OF LOVE.
  - III A POESY TO PROVE AFFECTION IS NOT LOVE
  - IV LIFE.
  - V NATURAL COMPARISONS WITH PERFECT LOVE.
  - VI THE SOUL’S ERRAND.
  - VII
    - 1 MUNDUS QUALIS.
    - 2 EMBLEMA.
    - 3 FUIMUS FUMUS.
    - 4 OMNIA SOMNIA.
    - 5 MORS MORTIS.
  - VIII THE STORY OF A SUMMER DAY.
  - IX A VOW TO LOVE FAITHFULLY, HOWSOEVER HE BE REWARDED.
  - X AN APPEAL.
  - XI A RENUNCIATION.
  - XII THE EXCELLENCY OF HIS LOVE.
  - XIII
  - XIV TO HIS FORSAKEN MISTRESS.
  - XV THE SHEPHERDS FAREWELL.
  - XVI SONNET.
  - XVII SONNET.
  - XVIII A VISION UPON THE FAIRY QUEEN.
  - XIX THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE.
  - XX THE ANSWER.
  - XXI SAMELA.
  - XXII SILENT MUSIC.
  - XXIII TRIUMPH OF CHARIS.
  - XXIV A BRIDAL SONG
  - XXV SONNET.
  - XXVI SONNET.
  - XXVII SONNET.
  - XXVIII SONNET.
  - XXIX SONNET.
  - XXX SONNET.
  - XXXI SONNET.
  - XXXII SONNET.
  - XXXIII SONNET.
  - XXXIV SONNET.
  - XXXV SONNET.
  - XXXVI A SAD SONG.
  - XXXVII INVOCATION TO SLEEP.
  - XXXVIII SONG.
  - XXXIX THE SHEPHERD’S PRAISE OF HIS SACRED DIANA.
  - XL TRUE GROWTH.
  - XLI THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
  - XLII TO HIMSELF.
  - XLIII MELANCHOLY.
  - XLIV LEWD LOVE IS LOSS.
  - XLV TO THE WORLD. A FAREWELL FOR A GENTLEWOMAN, VIRTUOUS AND NOBLE.
  - XLVI TO THE MEMORY OF BEN JONSON.
  - XLVII A CONTENTED MIND.
  - XLVIII SONNET.
  - XLIX SONNET.
  - L TIMES GO BY TURNS.
  - LI LIFE A BUBBLE.
  - LII MAN’S MORTALITY.
  - LIII OF MY DEAR SON GERVASE BEAUMONT.
  - LIV DIRGE.
  - LV ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  - LVI DEATH’S FINAL CONQUEST.
  - LVII THE SAME.
  - LVIII LINES WRITTEN BY ONE IN THE TOWER, BEING YOUNG AND CONDEMNED TO DIE.
  - LIX LINES WRITTEN THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS EXECUTION.
  - LX SONNET.
  - LXI THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM.
- PART THE SECOND.
  - LXII THE HAPPY LIFE.
  - LXIII WINIFREDA.
  - LXIV A LECTURE UPON THE SHADOW.
  - LXV SONG.
  - LXVI THE PRIMROSE.
  - LXVII TRUE LOVELINESS.
  - LXVIII THE ROSE’S MESSAGE.
  - LXIX THE ROSES PRIDE.
  - LXX TO CASTARA. THE REWARD OF INNOCENT LOVE.
  - LXXI LOVE’S ANNIVERSARY. TO THE SUN.
  - LXXII THE SURRENDER.
  - LXXIII THE BRIDE’S TRAGEDY.
  - LXXIV BURD HELEN.
  - LXXV LOVE’S ENTERPRISE.
  - LXXVI THE TWA BROTHERS.
  - LXXVII THE TWA SISTERS.
  - LXXVIII TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY.
  - LXXIX EYES AND TEARS.
  - LXXX TO MY WORTHY FRIEND MASTER GEORGE SANDYS, ON HIS TRANSLATION OF THE PSALMS.
  - LXXXI THE FLOWER.
  - LXXXII GOD UNSEARCHABLE.
  - LXXXIII AT A SOLEMN MUSIC.
  - LXXXIV THE RAINBOW.
  - LXXXV L’ALLEGRO.
  - LXXXVI IL PENSEROSO.
  - LXXXVII CONTENTATION.
  - LXXXVIII IN PRAISE OF HOPE.
  - LXXXIX PROLOGUE.
  - XC PROLOGUE.
  - XCI DISTICHES.
  - XCII FAME UNMERITED.
  - XCIII ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE HENRY, SON OF JAMES THE FIRST.
  - XCIV ON HIS MISTRESS, THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA.
  - XCV LORD STRAFFORD’S MEDITATIONS IN THE TOWER.
  - XCVI I’LL NEVER LOVE THEE MORE.
  - XCVII TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON.
  - XCVIII TO LUCASTA, ON GOING BEYOND THE SEAS.
  - XCIX A CAVALIER WAR-SONG.
  - C THE SOLDIER GOING TO THE FIELD.
  - CI LOYALTY CONFINED.
  - CII A ROYAL LAMENTATION.
  - CIII HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL’S RETURN FROM IRELAND.
  - CIV ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEMONT.
  - CV HYMN TO LIGHT.
  - CVI TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
  - CVII THE DREAM.
  - CVIII THE DIRGE.
  - CIX PARAPHRASE FROM SENECA.
  - CX VANISHED BLESSINGS.
  - CXI EPITAPH.
  - CXII THE WORLD’S FALLACIES.
  - CXIII TO THE MEMORY OF MR. OLDHAM.
  - CXIV AN EPITAPH ON THE EXCELLENT COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON.
  - CXV A PAGAN EPITAPH.
  - CXVI ON THE RELIGIOUS MEMORY OF MRS. CATHERINE THOMSON, MY CHRISTIAN FRIEND.
  - CXVII AN EPITAPH UPON HUSBAND AND WIFE, WHO DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER.
  - CXVIII EPITAPH.
  - CXIX EPITAPH ON COMPANIONS LEFT BEHIND IN THE NORTHERN SEAS.
  - CXX EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS.
  - CXXI EXEQUY ON HIS WIFE.
  - CXXII EPITAPH.
  - CXXIII SONNET.
  - CXXIV SONNET.
  - CXXV LYCIDAS.
  - CXXVI THE CHRISTIAN’S REPLY TO THE PHILOSOPHER.
  - CXXVII MORTIFICATION.
  - CXXVIII THE RETREAT.
  - CXXIX A DROP OF DEW.
  - CXXX PEACE.
  - CXXXI EVENING HYMN.
  - CXXXII THE VALEDICTION.
  - CXXXIII HYMN FOR ADVENT; OR CHRIST’S COMING TO JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH.
  - CXXXIV BEYOND THE VEIL.
- PART THE THIRD.
  - CXXXV ODE ON SOLITUDE.
  - CXXXVI STELLA’S BIRTHDAY. 1720.
  - CXXXVII ON THE PROSPECT OF PLANTING ARTS AND LEARNING IN AMERICA.
  - CXXXVIII THE LAWYER’S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE.
  - CXXXIX THE JUGGLERS.
  - CXL RULE BRITANNIA.
  - CXLI ADMIRAL HOSIER’S GHOST.
  - CXLII LAMENT FOR FLODDEN.
  - CXLIII WAE’S ME FOR PRINCE CHARLIE.
  - CXLIV AN ODE.
  - CXLV ODE.
  - CXLVI ODE TO THE CUCKOO.
  - CXLVII ODE TO EVENING.
  - CXLVIII TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY.
  - CXLIX ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD WEST.
  - CL TO THE HONOURABLE MISS CARTERET.
  - CLI TO MISS GEORGIANA CARTERET.
  - CLII THE DYING LOVER.
  - CLIII THE SAILOR’S RETURN.
  - CLIV THE BANKS OF DOON.
  - CLV THE BRAES OF YARROW.
  - CLVI AULD ROBIN GRAY.
  - CLVII THE PROGRESS OF POESY.
  - CLVIII SONNET.
  - CLIX TO THE RIVER LODON.
  - CLX TO MARY UNWIN.
  - CLXI TO THE SAME.
  - CLXII TO THE EARL OF WARWICK, ON THE DEATH OF ADDISON.
  - CLXIII ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY.
  - CLXIV ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVET,
  - CLXV HIGHLAND MARY.
  - CLXVI THE CAST-AWAY.
  - CLXVII THE LAND O’ THE LEAL.
  - CLXVIII ELEGY, WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.
    - THE EPITAPH.
  - CLXIX WRESTLING JACOB.
- PART THE FOURTH.
  - CLXX TO THE CUCKOO.
  - CLXXI THE RAINBOW.
  - CLXXII THE COMMON LOT.
  - CLXXIII THE HOLLY TREE.
  - CLXXIV THE SQUIRE’S PEW.
  - CLXXV A DREAM.
  - CLXXVI DECEMBER MORNING.
  - CLXXVII THE THRUSH’S NEST.
  - CLXXVIII TIME.
  - CLXXIX FANCY IN NUBIBUS.
  - CLXXX EVENING.
  - CLXXXI THE WALL-FLOWER.
  - CLXXXII THE SEA-CAVE.
  - CLXXXIII HOLY THURSDAY.
  - CLXXXIV ON AN ANTIQUE GEM BEARING THE HEADS OF PERICLES AND ASPASIA.
  - CLXXXV LOVE.
  - CLXXXVI SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY.
  - CLXXXVII SONG.
  - CLXXXVIII THE LONELY.
  - CLXXXIX PROUD MAISIE.
  - CXC AN HOUR WITH THEE.
  - CXCI THE FUGITIVES.
  - CXCII LUCY.
  - CXCIII ODE TO PSYCHE.
  - CXCIV THE SUNFLOWER.
  - CXCV REGRETS.
  - CXCVI TO A LOFTY BEAUTY, FROM HER POOR KINSMAN.
  - CXCVII THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET.
  - CXCVIII TO A BIRD THAT HAUNTED THE WATERS OF LAKEN IN THE WINTER.
  - CXCIX THE SYLVAN LIFE.
  - CC SPRING.
  - CCI THE POETRY OF EARTH
  - CCII SONNET.
  - CCIII THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB.
  - CCIV THRASYMENE.
  - CCV THE BATTLE OF NASEBY.
  - CCVI CAVALIER SONG.
  - CCVII THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC.
  - CCVIII HOHENLINDEN.
  - CCIX ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC.
  - CCX COMPOSED BY THE SEA-SIDE, NEAR CALAIS, AUGUST, 1802.
  - CCXI NOVEMBER, 1806.
  - CCXII THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE.
  - CCXIII ODE TO NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE.
  - CCXIV SONG.
  - CCXV TO THE MEMORY OF PIETRO D’ALESSANDRO,
  - CCXVI HYMN BEFORE SUNRISE, IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI.
  - CCXVII THE DANISH BOY.
  - CCXVIII ON REVISITING THE BANKS OF THE WYE.
  - CCXIX DEDICATION OF THE REVOLT OF ISLAM TO HIS WIFE.
  - CCXX FRANCE: AN ODE, 1797.
  - CCXXI ODE TO THE WEST WIND.
  - CCXXII ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE.
  - CCXXIII ODE TO A SKYLARK.
  - CCXXIV ‘ON THIS DAY I COMPLETE MY THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.’
  - CCXXV PESCHIERA.
  - CCXXVI LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF PEELE CASTLE IN A STORM, PAINTED BY SIR GEORGE BEAUMONT.
  - CCXXVII ODE ON A GRECIAN URN.
  - CCXXVIII STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLES.
  - CCXXIX DESPONDENCY REBUKED.
  - CCXXX THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS.
  - CCXXXI DIRGE.
  - CCXXXII LINES WRITTEN IN MY OWN ALBUM.
  - CCXXXIII SONNET.
  - CCXXXIV SONNET.
  - CCXXXV SONNET.
  - CCXXXVI THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER.
  - CCXXXVII TO THE MOON.
  - CCXXXVIII SONG.
  - CCXXXIX ON ANOTHER’S SORROW.
  - CCXL A DEAD ROSE.
  - CCXLI AT THE CHURCH GATE.
  - CCXLII ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN.
  - CCXLIII ON THE SAME.
  - CCXLIV FIRE.
  - CCXLV
  - CCXLVI THE DEATH BED.
  - CCXLVII LINES WRITTEN IN RICHMOND CHURCHYARD, YORKSHIRE.
  - CCXLVIII TIME.
  - CCXLIX SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND.
  - CCL THE LAST MAN.
  - CCLI ROSE AYLMER.
  - CCLII THE SPRING OF THE YEAR.
  - CCLIII BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
  - CCLIV THE SLEEP.
  - CCLV
  - CCLVI THE EVENING CLOUD.
  - CCLVII NIGHT AND DEATH.
- PART THE FIFTH.
  - CCLVIII THE FORSAKEN MERMAN.
  - CCLIX THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.
  - CCLX AUTUMN WOODS.
  - CCLXI LAPSE.
  - CCLXII THE HUMBLE-BEE.
  - CCLXIII TO A WATERFOWL.
  - CCLXIV ASPIRATION.
  - CCLXV THE PALM-TREE AND THE PINE.
  - CCLXVI A SUMMER REMINISCENCE.
  - CCLXVII SONG.
  - CCLXVIII THE VIOLET.
  - CCLXIX JOY.
  - CCLXX THE HAPPY HUSBAND.
  - CCLXXI THEN.
  - CCLXXII THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN 1672.
  - CCLXXIII THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS.
  - CCLXXIV ON A PICTURE BY TURNER.
  - CCLXXV THE RHODORA:
  - CCLXXVI THE GOOD PART THAT SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY.
  - CCLXXVII IN WAR TIME.
  - CCLXXVIII COME UP FROM THE FIELDS, FATHER.
  - CCLXXIX SONNET.
  - CCLXXX A DEDICATION TO CHARLES DICKENS OF THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
  - CCLXXXI SONNET.
  - CCLXXXII THE UGLY PRINCESS.
  - CCLXXXIII WEARINESS.
  - CCLXXXIV SONG.
  - CCLXXXV SONNET.
  - CCLXXXVI SONNET.
  - CCLXXXVII ALMOND BLOSSOM.
  - CCLXXXVIII HOME THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD.
  - CCLXXXIX HOME THOUGHTS, FROM THE SEA.
  - CCXC JAMES AND JOHN.
  - CCXCI IN MEMORIAM.
  - CCXCII IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE HON. EDWARD ERNEST VILLIERS.
  - CCXCIII FOR CHARLIE’S SAKE.
  - CCXCIV THE LEGEND OF THE STEPMOTHER.
  - CCXCV THE SANDS OF DEE.
  - CCXCVI A DIRGE.
  - CCXCVII DEATH AND LIFE.
  - CCXCVIII TITHONUS.
  - CCXCIX THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.
  - CCC SONNET.
  - CCCI THE VOICELESS.
  - CCCII A THANKSGIVING.
  - CCCIII THE GRAVE.
  - CCCIV MY PSALM.
- NOTES.
- INDEX OF AUTHORS.
  - INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

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