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Introduction xix
To Celia Ben Jonson 3
Cupid Ben Jonson 4
Rosalind’s Madrigal Thomas Lodge 5
All Things Except Myself I Know FranÇois Villon 6
Cupid and Campaspe John Lilly 8
A Ditty Sir Philip Sydney 8
Song from “Twelfth Night” William Shakespeare 9
Sigh No More
(from “Much Ado About Nothing”)		 William Shakespeare 9
Phillida and Corydon Nicholas Breton 10
Cherry-Ripe Richard Allison 11
Send Back My Long-Stray’d Eyes to Me John Donne 12
Pack Clouds Away Thomas Heywood 13
Shall I, Wasting in Despair George Wither 14
To the Virgins to Make Much of Time Robert Herrick 15
The Bracelet Robert Herrick 16
An Old Rhyme Anonymous 17
Love Me Not for Comely Grace Anonymous 17
On a Girdle Edmund Waller 18
To My Love Sir John Suckling 18
To Althea (From Prison) Richard Lovelace 19
Song Sir Charles Sedley 21
The Despairing Lover William Walsh 22
Cupid Mistaken Matthew Prior 23
The Contrast Charles Morris 24
Oh, Tell Me How to Woo Thee Robert Graham 27
Song from “The Duenna” Richard Brinsley Sheridan 28
The Races George Ellis 29
To Lady Anne Hamilton Hon. William R. Spencer 32
To Mrs. Leigh Upon Her Wedding Day George Canning 33
Names Samuel T. Coleridge 34
The Exchange Samuel T. Coleridge 34
Defiance Walter Savage Landor 35
Her Lips Walter Savage Landor 35
Commination Walter Savage Landor 36
Margaret and Dora Thomas Campbell 36
A Certain Young Lady Washington Irving 173
Her Letter Francis Bret Harte 174
Avice Austin Dobson 177
A Song of the Four Seasons Austin Dobson 179
In Town Austin Dobson 181
When I Saw You Last, Rose Austin Dobson 183
To “Lydia Languish” Austin Dobson 184
The Old Sedan Chair Austin Dobson 186
“Le Roman de la Rose” Austin Dobson 188
Ninety-nine in the Shade Rossiter Johnson 190
Brighton Pier Clement Scott 191
A Contradiction Clement Scott 192
Rondel John Payne 194
White, Pillared Neck Richard Watson Gilder 194
Janet Richard Watson Gilder 195
For a Fan Richard Watson Gilder 196
Ballade of Summer Andrew Lang 196
Colinette Andrew Lang 198
Ballade of Dead Ladies (After Villon) Andrew Lang 199
Il Bacio Paul Verlaine 200
Sur l’Herbe Paul Verlaine 201
The Romance of a Glove H. Savile Clarke 202
If James Jeffrey Roche 203
“Don’t” James Jeffrey Roche 204
On Rereading TÉlÉmaque James Jeffrey Roche 205
Valentine James Jeffrey Roche 206
Biftek aux Champignons Henry Augustin Beers 206
An Explanation Walter Learned 209
Marjorie’s Kisses Walter Learned 209
Miss Nancy’s Gown Zitella Cocke 210
“Le Dernier Jour d’un CondamnÉ” George A. Baker 212
My Wooing Edwin Hamilton 213
Wintry Paris Anonymous 215
The Rose Anonymous 216
Indecision Anonymous 217
Logic Anonymous 218
Conversational Anonymous 219
If You Want a Kiss, Why, Take It Anonymous [xvii]
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