FROM THE

ENGLISH POETS,

CHAUCER TO TENNYSON.

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE AUTHORS.

BY ROBERT INGLIS.

Engravings on

C. NOW E81.

CODLELANEY GALL & INGLIS. Edinburgh: I London: BERNARD TERRACE. | 25 PATERNOSTER SQR

CONTENTS.

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GEOFFREY CHAUCER, 1328-1400.

The Good P

Good Counsail, . . . . . . .

THOMAS THE RHYMER, 1300.

Thomas of Ercildoun

JOHN BARBOUR, 1320-1395.

Freedom,

Death of Sir Henry De Bohun, :

JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND, 1394-1437.

On Lady Joan Beaufort, . .

Christ's Kirk of the Green,

BLIND HARRY, 1450.

Wallace fishing in Irvine Water,

Vater, . . .

RICHARD SAEALE, 1420–1460.

Chevy Chase, . . . . . . .

BALLAD OF SIR PATRICK SPENS, . . . .

WILLIAM DUNBAR, 1465–1525.

Assemblage of the Beasts and Flowers,

Gavin DOUGLAS, 1474–1522.

Morning in May, . .

SIR DAVID LINDSAY, 1490-1557.

From “ The Complaynt,”

In Contemption of Side Tails, ,

Satire on the Three Estates, . . .

SIR THOMAS WYATT, 1503-1541.

The Lover's Lute, . . . .

HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY, 1517-1546.

Prisoner in Windsor, . . . . . .

ANNE ASKEWE, 1520-1546.

“ Lyke as the Armed Knyghte,” . . .

RICHARD EDWARDS, 1523-1566.

Renewing of Love, . . . . . .

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