INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
ANONYMOUS 13TH CENTURY THE FIRST CAROL
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 1552 (1618) VERSES BEFORE DEATH
EDMUND SPENSER 1553 (1599) EASTER
JOHN LYLY 1554(?) (1606) THE SPRING
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 1554 (1586) TRUE LOVE
THOMAS LODGE 1556 (1625) ROSALYND'S MADRIGAL
ANONYMOUS I SAW MY LADY WEEP
GEORGE PEELE 1558(?) (1597) FAREWELL TO ARMS
ROBERT GREENE 1560(?) (1592) FAWNIA
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 1562 (1593) THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE
SAMUEL DANIEL 1562 (1619) SLEEP
MICHAEL DRAYTON 1563 (1631) SINCE THERE'S NO HELP
JOSHUA SYLVESTER 1563 (1618) WERE I AS BASE
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564 - 1616
ANONYMOUS TOM O' BEDLAM
THOMAS CAMPION Circ. 1567 (1620) KIND ARE HER ANSWERS
THOMAS NASH 1567 (1601) SPRING
JOHN DONNE 1573 (1631) THIS HAPPY DREAM
RICHARD BARNEFIELD 1574(?) - (?) THE NIGHTINGALE
BEN JONSON 1574 (1637) CHARIS' TRIUMPH
JOHN FLETCHER 1579 (1625) INVOCATION TO SLEEP, FROM VALENTINIAN
JOHN WEBSTER (?) (1625) SONG FROM THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN 1585 (1649) SONG
BEAUMONT and FLETCHER 1586 (1616) and 1579 (1625) I DIED TRUE
FRANCIS BEAUMONT 1586 (1616) ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
SIR FRANCIS KYNASTON 1587 (1642) TO CYNTHIA, ON CONCEALMENT OF HER BEAUTY
NATHANIEL FIELD 1587 (1638) MATIN SONG
GEORGE WITHER 1588 (1667) SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP!
THOMAS CAREW 1589 (1639) SONG
THOMAS DEKKER Circa 1570 (1641) LULLABY
THOMAS HEYWOOD 1649? GOOD-MORROW
ROBERT HERRICK 1591 (1674) TO DIANEME
GEORGE HERBERT 1593 (1632) HOLY BAPTISM
JAMES SHIRLEY 1596 (1666) EQUALITY
ANONYMOUS Circa 1603 LULLABY
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT 1605 (1668) MORNING
EDMUND WALLER 1605 (1687) THE ROSE
THOMAS RANDOLPH 1606 (1634)? HIS MISTRESS
CHARLES BEST 17th century A SONNET OF THE MOON
JOHN MILTON 1608 (1674) HYMN ON CHRIST'S NATIVITY
JAMES GRAHAM, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE 1612 (1650) THE VIGIL OF DEATH
RICHARD CRASHAW 1615(?) (1652) ON A PRAYER-BOOK SENT TO MRS. M. R.
ABRAHAM COWLEY 1618 (1667) ON THE DEATH OF MR. CRASHAW
RICHARD LOVELACE 1618 (1658) TO LUCASTA ON GOING TO THE WARS
ANDREW MARVELL 1620 (1678) A HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND
HENRY VAUGHAN 1621 (1695) THE DAWNING
SCOTTISH BALLADS HELEN OF KIRCONNELL
BORDER BALLAD A LYKE-WAKE DIRGE
JOHN DRYDEN 1631 (1700) ODE
APHRA BEHN 1640 (1689) SONG, FROM ABDELAZAR
JOSEPH ADDISON 1672 (1719) HYMN
ALEXANDER POPE 1688 (1744) ELEGY
WILLIAM COWPER 1731 (1800) LINES ON RECEIVING HIS MOTHER'S PICTURE
ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD 1743 (1825) LIFE
WILLIAM BLAKE 1757 (1828) THE LAND OF DREAMS
ROBERT BURNS 1759 (1796) TO A MOUSE
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH 1770 (1850) WHY ART THOU SILENT?
SIR WALTER SCOTT 1771 (1832) PROUD MAISIE
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE 1772 - 1834
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR 1775 (1864) ROSE AYLMER
THOMAS CAMPBELL 1767 (1844) HOHENLINDEN
CHARLES LAMB 1775 (1835) HESTER.
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM 1784 (1842) A WET SHEET AND A FLOWING SEA
GEORGE NOEL GORDON, LORD BYRON 1788 (1823) THE ISLES OF GREECE
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 1792 (1822) HELLAS
JOHN KEATS 1795 - 1821
HARTLEY COLERIDGE 1796 (1849) SHE IS NOT FAIR
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