OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Ellustrative of those first Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

CONTENTS.

Page.

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

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

SELECTIONS 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 THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR.

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS . .

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

A NYMPH BATHING

THE CAVE OF DESPAIR . .

A KNIGHT ÎN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE .

MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS . 92

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

HIS HORSE

. . . . . . . . 93

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

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS .