OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Xllustrative of those first Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT IS POETRY ?"

BY

LEIGH HUNT.

mous

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

Stereotyped by T. B. SMITE

CONTENTS.

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: 49

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PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . .

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS POETRY ?” .

SÉLECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE .

ARCHIMAGO'S HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE .

A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER . . . .

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY, , ,

HOPE

CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER . .

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE PAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR". . . .

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRISS .

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JUPITER AND MAIA

NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA .

VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA .

MAY . . . . . .

AN ANGEL WITH A PILGRIM AND A FAINTING KNIGHT .

AURORA AND TITHONUS

THE BRIDE AT THE ALTAR . . . . .

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A NYMPH BATHING

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A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE ..

MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS .

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE

THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS . . .

93

SELECTIONS FROM KEATS, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE . . . 230

THE EVE OF ST. AGNES . ..

. 233

LONELY SOUNDS

249

ORION

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CIRCE AND HER VICTIMS

. . . . . 249

A BETTER ENCHANTRESS IMPRISONED IN THE SHAPE OF A SER-

PENT

. . 250

SATURN DETHRONED . . . . . . . . . 250

THE VOICE OF A MELANCHOLY GODDESS SPEAKING TO SATURN. 251

A FALLEN GOD · · · · · · · · · · 251

OTHER TITANS FALLEN . . . . . . . . 251

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

SONNET ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER . . 254

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