POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE;

NOTES

ILLUSTRATIVE AND EXPLAN AT of Y;

TOGETHER WITH A

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTICE TO THE ROMAN PLAYS.

B O S T O N :
PHILLIPS, SAM PSON, AND COMPANY.
1851.

CONTENTS.

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VENUS AND ADONIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

THE RAPE OF LUCRECE ......... e go e o & © & e e e o e o e e e o e o 0 ° 59

sonNETs................................................ 135

ILLUSTRATION OF THE SONNETS.................... 225

A LOVER'S COMPLAINT ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

VERSES AMONG THE ADDITIONAL POEMS TO

CHESTER'S LOVE'S MARTYRS.......• - - - - - - - - - - - 365

ILLUSTRATIONS OF A LOVER'S COMPLAINT, THE

PASSIONATE PILGRIM, &c.................. . . . . . 369

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTICE TO THE POEMs......... 379

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTICE TO THE ROMAN PLAYS 397

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V E N US AND A D ON I S.

“Vilia miretur vulgus, mihi flavus Apollo

Poculo Castalia plena ministret aqua.”
OvID.