The

Oxford Book

Of English Verse

1250-1900

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH

NEW YORK AND TORONTO

The

Oxford Book

Of English Verse

1250-1900

Chosen & Edited by

A. T. Quiller-Couch

Oxford

At the Clarendon Press

1908

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THE PRESIDENT

FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS

OF

TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD

A HOUSE OF LEARNING

ANCIENT LIBERAL HUMANE

AND MY MOST KINDLY NURSE