SELECTED AND EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ERNEST BERNBAUM
INTRODUCTION
ENGLISH POETS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
JOHN POMFRET THE CHOICE
DANIEL DEFOE FROM THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN
JOSEPH ADDISON FROM THE CAMPAIGN
MATTHEW PRIOR TO A CHILD OF QUALITY FIVE YEARS OLD THE AUTHOR FORTY
BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE FROM THE GRUMBLING HIVE; OR, KNAVES TURNED HONEST
ISAAC WATTS THE HAZARD OF LOVING THE CREATURES
THOMAS PARNELL FROM A NIGHT-PIECE ON DEATH
ALLAN RAMSAY
AMBROSE PHILIPS TO MISS CHARLOTTE PULTENEY, IN HER MOTHER'S ARMS
JOHN DYER GRONGAR HILL
GEORGE BERKELEY VERSES ON THE PROSPECT OF PLANTING ARTS AND LEARNING IN AMERICA
JAMES THOMSON THE SEASONS FROM WINTER [HARDSHIPS AND BENEVOLENCE]
EDWARD YOUNG
NIGHT-THOUGHTS [MAN'S MARVELLOUS NATURE]
EDWARD YOUNG (MAN'S NATURE PROVES HIS IMMORTALITY)
ANONYMOUS THE HAPPY SAVAGE
SOAME JENYNS
PHILIP DODDRIDGE SURSUM
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE FROM THE CHASE
HENRY BROOKE FROM UNIVERSAL BEAUTY [THE DEITY IN EVERY ATOM]
MATTHEW GREEN FROM THE SPLEEN
WILLIAM SHENSTONE FROM THE SCHOOLMISTRESS
JONATHAN SWIFT FROM THE BEASTS' CONFESSION
CHARLES WESLEY FOR CHRISTMAS-DAY
ROBERT BLAIR FROM THE GRAVE
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD FROM ON RIDICULE
MARK AKENSIDE FROM THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION [THE AESTHETIC AND MORAL INFLUENCE OF NATURE]
JOSEPH WARTON FROM THE ENTHUSIAST; OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE
JOHN GILBERT COOPER FROM THE POWER OF HARMONY THE HARMONY OF NATURE
WILLIAM COLLINS ODE
THOMAS WARTON FROM THE PLEASURES OF MELANCHOLY
THOMAS GRAY ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE
SAMUEL JOHNSON
RICHARD JAGO FROM THE GOLDFINCHES
JOHN DALTON
JANE ELLIOT THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST
CHARLES CHURCHILL FROM THE ROSCIAD [QUIN, THE ACTOR]
JAMES MACPHERSON ["TRANSLATIONS" FROM "OSSIAN, THE SON OF
CHRISTOPHER SMART FROM A SONG TO DAVID
OLIVER GOLDSMITH FROM THE TRAVELLER; OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY
JAMES BEATTIE FROM THE MINSTREL; OR, THE PROGRESS OF GENIUS
LADY ANNE LINDSAY AULD ROBIN GRAY
JEAN ADAMS THERE'S NAE LUCK ABOUT THE HOUSE
ROBERT FERGUSSON THE DAFT DAYS
ANONYMOUS ABSENCE
JOHN LANGHORNE FROM THE COUNTRY JUSTICE GENERAL MOTIVES FOR LENITY
AUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADY ROCK OF AGES
JOHN SKINNER TULLOCHGORUM
THOMAS DAY FROM THE DESOLATION OF AMERICA
GEORGE CRABBE
JOHN NEWTON A VISION OF LIFE IN DEATH
WILLIAM COWPER
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVENING
ROBERT BURNS MARY MORISON
ERASMUS DARWIN FROM THE BOTANIC GARDEN [PROCUL ESTE, PROFANI]
WILLIAM BLAKE TO WINTER
GEORGE CANNING
CAROLINA, LADY NAIRNE THE LAND O' THE LEAL
Title: English Poets of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Selected and Edited with an Introduction by Ernest Bernbaum
Language: English
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders
ENGLISH POETS
OF THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
