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,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT IS POETRY?"

BY

LEIGH HUNT.

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

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SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

ARCHIMAGO's HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

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THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE

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A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY.

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THE BRIDE AT THE ALTAR

A NYMPH BATHING

THE CAVE OF DESPAIR

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

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

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

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