A treasury of minor British poetry selected and arranged with notes .. online

Now, between us all and Him ..... 359

Now I find thy lookes were fained . . . . . 12

Now what is Love ? I praye thee, tell . . . . 27



O DARLING spirits of the snow . . . 262

Of a rose, a lovely rose ....... 4

Of on that is so fayr and bright ..... 6

O God ! this is a holy hour ...... 279

Oh ! a life in the country how joyous .... 306

O hark to the strain that sae sweetly is ringin' . . . 269
Oh ! cold and drear my heart has grown . . . . 351

Oh ! forbear to bid me slight her . . 147

O Freedom ! who can tell thy worth . . .314

O happy glow, O sun-bathed tree 284

Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store . . 191
Oh, how could I venture to love one like thee . . .160
Oh ! never, no, never . . . . . . -349

Oh, soothing hour, when glowing day . . . . 220

Oh think not that with garlands crown'd .... 347

Oh, whither does the spirit flee . . . . -354

O melancholy Bird, a winter's day . . . . .261

O mortall folke, you may beholde and see . . . 73
O stranger ! if thy wayward lot . . . . .222

O thou undaunted daughter of desires ! . . . .120

O Time ! who know'st a lenient hand to lay . . 221

O you, who mark what flowrets gay . . . .213

Once, in the flight of ages past ..... 328

Once, I remember well the day . . . . .216

One long look that sore reproved me . . . .340

On his death-bed poor Lubin lies . . . . .172

On Parent knees, a naked new-born child . . .230
On that deep-retiring shore 342



422 A TREASURY



PACKE, cloudes, away, and welcome day ... 30

Phillis is my only joy ....... 87

Praise is devotion, fit for mighty mindes . . . 1 20

Prithee tease me no longer, dear troublesome friend . . 183
Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control . . -.317

REFLECTED on the lake I love 296

Retire, and timely, from the world, if ever . . . 282

Rose-cheeked Laura, come . . . . . . 16

Roses, their sharpe spines being gone .... 40

SAY not, the struggle nought availeth .... 334
Say that I should say, I love ye ..... 33
Science ! thou fair effusive ray . . . . .214
See those cheeks of beauteous dye . . . . .148
Shall man from Nature's sanction stray . . . .140
She on this clay en pillow layed her head . . . . 126
She pass'd away, like morning dew . . . . 337

Shun delayes, they breede remorse . . . . . 53
Since thou and the stars, my dear goddess, decree . . 299
Sing lullaby, as women doe ...... 60

Sleep ! we give thee to the wave 358

Sleepe on, my Love, in thy cold bed . . . .106
Some blind themselves, 'cause possibly they may . . 109
Some love for wealth and some for hue .... 38

Some say Love 24

Stand close around, ye Stygian set . . . . . 358

Still-born Silence ! thou that art . . . . .118

Structures, rais'd by morning dreams . . . .164

Sumer is icumen in ....... i

Sun of the soul ! whose cheerful ray . . . .211

Sweet, I do not pardon crave . . . . . . 35

Sweet spring, thou turn'st with all thy goodly traine . . 47
Sweit rois of vertew and of gentilness .... 7

Swiftly water sweepeth by 64

TAKE, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear . . .227
Tell me, dearest, what is love ? . . . . 45

Tell me, fair maid, tell me truly ..... 239

Tell them, I AM, Jehovah said 205

Tender-handed stroke a nettle ..... 200
That Jenny's my friend, my delight, and my pride . . 199
The dark grey o' gloamin' . . . . . .152



OF MINOR BRITISH POETRY 423



1 Thee, Mary, with this ring I wed " . . 153

The gowan glitters on the sward . . . . .241

The hinds how blest, who ne'er beguil'd . . . 193

The man, whose days of youth and ease . . . .189

The merchant, to secure his treasure . . . .154

The moon on the ocean was dimm'd by a ripple . . 271
The night has a thousand eyes . . . . .251

The night is come, like to the day . . . . .130

The pledge we wore I wear it still ..... 346

There are two little births, the one when light . . . 85
There are who say we are but dust . . . . .255

There is a light unseen of eye . . . . .283

There is a winter in my soul . . . . 357

There is blood on that brow . . . . . 323

" There is no God," the wicked saith . . . .298

There's no such thing as pleasure here .... 96

The ring so worn, as you behold ..... 346

The sea hath many thousand sands ..... 23

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er . . . 128
The season comes when first we met .... 222

The soul of music slumbers in the shell . . . .281

The sturdy rock, for all his strength .... 56

The tears I shed must ever fall . . . . .159

The world can't hear the small still voice . . . 177

They are all gone into the world of light . . . . 115

They meet but with unwholesome springs . . . 81
They who may tell love's wistful tale .... 243

Thine was a blessed flight ...... 339

Think not of the future, the prospect is uncertain . . 305
This world a hunting is . . . . . . . 65

Tho' I never get possession . . . . . .147

Thou art not faire, for all thy red and white . . . 17
Thou tide of glory which no rest dost know . . .107
Thou wert the first of all I knew ..... 350

Thrice happy you, whoe'er you are . . . . .178

Thy braes were bonnie, Yarrow stream .... 202

Thy soul within such silent pomp did keep . . . 12 1
Time ! I ever must complaine ..... 62

'Tis a child of phansie's getting . . . . . 101

'Tis now, since I sat down before ..... 92

To die is landing on some silent shore . . . .127

To him is reared no marble tomb . . . . .233

To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love 234



424 A TREASURY



PAGE

Too dearly loved, thy God hath called thee go . . 362

Too solemn for day, too sweet for night . . . .251

To thee, fair freedom ! I retire . . . . .213

To these, whom Death again did wed . . . .126

Touch us gently, Time ! ...... 254

Turn, turn thy hasty foot aside . . . . .211

'Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean . 208

'Twas when the wan leaf frae the birk-tree was fa'in' . 200

Twenty lost years have stolen their hours away . . . 225

UPON an everlasting tide 312

VERTUE, if not a God, yet God's chiefe part . . . 39
View me, Lord, a work of Thine ..... 70

WAITING, waiting. 'Tis so far . . . . 288

Wan Heralds of the Sun and Summer gale . . 193

Weary is the life I lead 332

Weepe not my wanton, smile upon my knee . . . 1 1
Welcome, welcome, happy paire . . . . .134
We'll not weep for summer over ..... 267
We thank Thee, O God of earth and heaven . . . 335
Wharefore sou'd ye tauk o' love . . . . .163
What I shall leave thee none can tell . . . . 77
What is th' existence of man's life . . . . .102
What is this life but a straight way to deid ... 9

What pearls, what rubies can 79

What, though you tell me each gay little rover . . . 269
What wond'rous life is this I lead . . . . .no

When God at first made man . . . . . .129

When midnight o'er the moonless skies .... 343

When Orpheus went down to the regions below . . 172
When the black-letter'd list to the gods was presented . 252
When the fierce northwind with his airy forces . . . 209
When the leaves in Autumn wither .... 66

Where the pools are bright and deep . . . . 258

When thy beauty appears . . . . . .149

Whether men do laugh or weepe ..... 46

Whoe'er, like me, with trembling anguish brings . . 232
Who is it that this darke night . . 14

Who will say the world is dying ? . . . . 3 1 9

Will't ne'er be morning? Will that promis'd light . . 112
Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun . . . 72



OF MINOR BRITISH POETRY 425



With my frailty don't upbraid me ..... 89

With these words good-bye ; adieu .... 364

Would you be young again ? . . . . . . 363

Wynter wakeneth al my care . . . . . . 5

YE little birds that sit and sing . . . . . 31
Yes, I behold again the place . . . . . -359

You promise heavens free from strife .... 288

Youth is the virgin nurse of tender Hope .... 294

Youth, that pursuest with such eager pace . . . 289



INDEX OF WRITERS
GIVING DATES OF BIRTH AND DEATH

PAGE

AINSLIE, Hew (1792-1878) 163

Akenside, Mark (1721-1770) 214

Alexander, Sir William, Earl of Stirling (1567?- 1640) . 67
Ashe, Thomas ( d. 1889) . . . . . .244

BAILLIE, Joanna (1762-1851) . . . 241, 243

Barbauld, Anna Letitia (1743-1825) .... 234
Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839) . 266, 273, 305, 308

Beattie, James (1735-1803) 191

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616) . . 15, 33, 45, 66, 68

Beddoes, Thomas Lovell (1803-1849) .... 297

Behn, Aphra (1640-1689) 91, 92

Bishop, Samuel (1731-1 795) 153, 1 68, 212
Blake, William (1757-1827) .... 166, 208, 234
Bland, Robert (1779?- 1825) ... 347

Bourdillon, Francis W. ( ) 251

Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850) . . . 221, 227, 233

Breton, Nicholas (1545?- 1626?) 28, 33

Bronte, Emily Jane (1818-1848) . . . 340, 352, 361
Browne, William (1591-1643?) . . . . . 18

Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682) 130

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1809-1861) . . . 255

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837) . . . 260
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680) ...... 80

Byrom, John (1692-1763) . . . 175, 187

CALVERLY, Charles Stuart (1831-1884) . . . 306, 310
Campion, Thomas ( d. 1619) 16, 17, 46, 70



428 A TREASURY



Carew, Thomas (1589-1639) 133

Cartwright, William (1611-1643) 85

Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861) . . . 299, 313, 334
Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849) .... 332, 337

Collins, John ( d. 1808) 169,228

Congreve, William (1670-1729) 88, 89

Constable, Henry (1562-1613) ..... 43
Corbet, Richard, D.D. (1582-1635) . 77

Cory, William (i 822?- 1 892) .... 288,348,364

Cotton, Charles (1630-1687) 91

Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667) IO 7> IQ 8, 123

Crabbe, George (1754-1832) 346, 356

Crashaw, Richard (i6i3?-i649) . . . 120, 123, 127
Cunningham, Allan (1784-1842) 270

DARLEY, George (1795-1846) . . . 240, 249, 264
Davenant, Sir William (1605-1668) . . . .120

Davies, Sir John (1569-1626) ..... 64

Davison, Francis (fl. 1602) ...... 35

Dekker, Thomas (I57o?-i64i?) ... .12,48

Derby, Edward Geoffrey, Earl of (1799-1869) . . . 362
Dermody, Thomas (1775-1802) ..... 222

Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814) ..... 272, 274

Dodington, George Bubb, Lord Melcombe (1691-1762) . 196
Donne, John, D.D. (1573-1631) . . . .26, 69, 72

Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings Charles (1810-1888) . 313, 320
Dray ton, Michael (1563-1631) ..... 44

Drummond, William (1585-1649) 47, 65

Dunbar, William (1465?- 1530?) 7, 8, 9

Dyer, John (17007-1758) 198

ELLIOTT, Ebenezer (1781-1849) 327

Elliot, Jane (1727-1805) . . 223

FENTON, Elijah (1683-1730) 140

Finch, Anne, Countess of Winchilsea (1 660?- 1 720) . . 137
Flecknoe, Richard ( d. 1678?) . . . . 98,118
Fletcher, John (1579-1625) ... 32, 33, 40, 45, 66
Ford, John (fl. 1639) IOO

GARTH, Samuel (1661-1719) 127

Gascoign, George (I525?-I577) 60

Gomersall, Robert (1602-1646) 113



OF MINOR BRITISH POETR Y 429



PAGE

Gisborne, Thomas (1758-1846) 211

Graham of Gartmore (1735-1797) 162

Green, Matthew (1696-1737) 177

Greene, Robert (1560 7-1592) 11,24

Greville, Mrs. Fanny ( ) . .181

HABINGTON, William (1605-1654) 81, 83

Hagthorpe, John (fl. 1627) . . . . . 62

Hawes, Stephen ( d. 1523?) 73

Hawker, Robert Stephen (1803-1875) . . . 277, 322

Heath, Robert (fl. 1650) 101

Heber, Reginald, D.D. (1783-1826) . . . .296
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (1793-1835) . . 338, 341, 358
Herbert, George (iS93-^33) I2 9

Herrick, Robert (1591-1674) . .81, 84, 96, 117

Heywood, Thomas ( d. 1650?) . . . 30, 31, 65

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750) .... 147, 200, 225

Hogg, James (1770-1835) 258, 259

(289,
Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron (1809-1885) < 342,

1 359

Howard, Henry, Earl of Surrey (1517 ?-i 547) . . 49
Hunt, James Henry Leigh (1784-1859) .... 257
Hunter, Mrs. Anne (1742-1821) 222

JOHNSON, Samuel, D.C.L. (1709-1784) . . . .231

Jones, Ernest Charles (1819-1868) 295

Jones, Sir William (1746-1794) . . . . .231

KENDALL, Henry Clarence (1841-1882) . . . 276, 345
King, Henry, D.D. (1592-1669) . . . 102, 106, 128
Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875) ..... 319

LAIDLAW, William (1780-1845) 201

Laing, Alexander (1787-1857) 152

Lampson, Frederick Locker (1821-1895) . . . 303

Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864) - { *f || ^ 282, 294,

Langhorne, John, D.D. (1735-1779) . . . 178,211

Latto, Thomas C. (1818-1894) 269

Leapor, Mary (1722-1746) ..... 148, 157
Lisle, Thomas, D.D. ( d. 1767) . .172

Lodge, Thomas (i 558?- 1 625) .... 12,41,51



430 A TREASURY



PAGE

Logan, John (1748-1788) 190,202

Lovibond, Edward (1724-1775) 213

MARVELL, Andrew (1621-1678) .... 85,110
Marston, Philip Bourke (1850-1887) . . . 248, 267
Mason, William (1724-1797) ...... 227

Middleton, Thomas (1570?- 1627) 18

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762) . . 147,151
Montgomery, James (1771-1854) ..... 328
Moore, Edward (1712-1757) ..... 164, 199
Mordaunt, Charles, Earl of Peterborough (1658-1735) . 144
Motherwell, William (1797-1835) . . 239, 245, 279, 323

NABBES, Thomas (1605- ? ) 134

Nairne, Carolina, Baroness Nairne (1766-1845) . . 363

Newcastle, Margaret, Duchess of (1624-1673) . . . 132

Newman, John Henry (1801-1890) . . . 317, 318

Noel, Roden Berkeley Wriothesley (1834-1894) . . 262

Norris, John, of Bemert on (1657-1711) .... 118

Nugent, Robert Craggs, Earl Nugent (1702-1788) . . 146

OLDHAM, John (1653-1683) 121

Oliphant, Caroline (1807-1831) ..... 349
Oxenham, Henry Nutcombe (1829-1888) . . . 344

PARNELL, Thomas (1679-1718) .... 149,173
Pattison, William (1706-1727) . . . . 139, 150

Penrose, Thomas (1742-1779) 204

Philips, Ambrose (1675 ?- 1 749) . . . . -155

Philips, Katherine (1631-1664) 96

Pope, Walter, M.D. ( d. 1714) 94

Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802-1839) . . . 290
Prior, Matthew (1664-1721) . . . 154, 170, 172, 179
Procter, Bryan Waller (1787-1874) .... 254

QUARLES, Francis (1592-1644) . . . 104,112,122

RALEIGH, Sir Walter (1552-1618) .... 27,57,73
Rodger, Alexander (1784-1846) . . . . .301

Rogers, Samuel (1763-1855) 281

Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894) . . . 285

Roydon, Matthew ( ) . . . . . . 54



OF MINOR BRITISH POE TRY 431



PAGE

SEDLEY, Sir Charles (1639-1701) 88

Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586) . . 14, 39, 47

Shenstone, William (1714-1763) . . 165, 213

Skelton, John (I46o?-i529) . 9

Smart, Christopher (1722-1770) 205

Smith, Charlotte (1749-1806) . . . 193, 195, 220

Southwell, Robert (1560-1595) 53, 71

Spencer, Hon. William Robert (1770-1834) . . 252, 343

Sterling, John (1806-1844) 355

Stevens, George Alexander ( d. 1784) . . .140

Stewart, Helen D'Arcy, Mrs. Dugald (1766-1838) . . 159

Suckling, Sir John (1609-1641) 92

Sylvester, Joshua (1563-1618) . . . -55, 64, 66

TEMPLE, Henry, Lord Palmerston (1739-1802) . . 232

Tickell, Thomas (1686-1740) 143,228

Thorn, William (1798-1848) . .... 250

Thomson, James (1700-1748) 230

Thomson, James (1834-1882) ..... 243

Thurlow, Edward, Lord Thurlow (1781-1829) . 261, 263

VAUGHAN, Henry (1621-1695) . . . . 78,115

WALKER, William Sidney (1795-1846) . . 251, 283, 314

Waller, Edmund (1605-1687) " 128

Warton, Thomas (1728-1790) 193

Watts, Isaac, D.D. (1674-1748) 209

Watts, Mrs. Alaric A. (1800-1873) 354

Watts, Alaric Alexander (1797-1864) . . . .281

Watts, Alaric Alfred (1825 ) . . . 330, 335

Webster, Alexander (1707-1784) 160

Webster, Mrs. Augusta ( 1894) . . . 284, 288

White, Joseph Blanco (1775-1841) 282

Whitehead, William (1715-1785) . . . 183,189,216
Whytehead, Thomas (1815-1843) .... 350, 351

Wither, George (1588-1667) 79

Wolfe, Charles (1791-1823) 256

Worsley, Philip Stanhope ( -d. 1866) . . . 332

Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639) 50

Wroth, Lady Mary ( ) 19

Wyatt, Sir Thomas (1503-1542) . ... 20

ANONYMOUS, i, 2, 4, 5, 6, 21, 22, 23, 25, 34, 37, 38, 56, 99,
126, 134, 145, 167, 192, 299, 339, 346, 357.



INDEX OF POEMS



PAGE

A BOY'S Song. /. Hogg . . . . .258

A Bridal Song. J. Fletcher . . . .40

A Contented Mind. J. Sylvester . . . -55

A Cruel Beauty. T. Campion . . . 17

A Death Scene. E. Bronte . . . .340

A Dirge. Mrs. Hemans . . . . .341

A Dirge. W. Cory ..... 348

Advice. Lady M. W. Montagzi . . . .146

Ae Happy Hour. A. Laing . . . .152

A Farewell to the World. Sir T. Browne . .130

A Father's Blessing. R. Corbet . . . -77

After Summer. P. B. Marston . 267

Against Pleasure. K. Philips . . .96

Against them who lay Unchastity to the Sex of Women.

W. Habington . . . . .81

A Human Skull. F. L. Lampson . . . 303

A Hymn to God the Father. J. Donne . . -72

A Hymn to the Virgin. Anon . . .6

A Life in the Country. C. S. Calverley . . . 306

A Marriage Blessing. Sir P. Sidney . . -39

Amoret. W. Congreve . . . . .88

An Elegy. A. Cowley ..... 123

An Epistle to a Friend in Town. J. Dyer . .198

An Epitaph. R. Herrick (?) . . 1 1 7

An Epitaph. Anon. . . . , .134

An Epitaph. Anon. ..... 339

An Epitaph. Anon. ..... 346

An Epitaph. Edward, Lord Derby . . . 362

An Epitaph upon Husband and Wife who Died and were

Buried Together. R. Crashaw . . .126

2 F



434 A TREASURY



A Night Piece. T. Parnell . . . . 173

An Invitation. J. Fletcher . . . .32

Answer. Lady M. W. Montagu . . . .147

A Petition to Time. B. W. Procter . . . 254

A Picture. J. Thomson ..... 243

A Picture. H. C. Kendall . . . .276

A Plea for Pity. W. Dunbar .... 7

A Poet's Epitaph. T. Dermody . . . .222

Apollo making Love. T. Tickell . . . .143

A Portrait. M. Roy don , . . . .54

A Prayer. T. Campion . . . . .70

A Reasonable Affliction. M. Prior . . .172

A Requiem. H. King . . . . .106

A Retrospect. A. Hill ..... 225

A Retrospect. G. Crabbe . . . . -356

A Simile. W. Pattison . . . . . 139

A Song. T. Heywood . . . . -3

A Song. T. Heywood . . . . -31

A Song. T. Parnell . . . . . 149

A Song. A. Hill . . . . -147

A Thanksgiving. A. A. Watts . . . -335

A Tranquil Soul. J. Oldham . . . .121

A Useful Hint. A. Hill . . . . .200

Ave. R. Greene . . . . . .11

A Voice from the Grave. A. A. Watts . . . 330

A Warning for Wooers. Anon. . . . .38

BEAUTY'S Beauty. J. Ford . . . .100

Be Merrie, Man. W. Dunbar .... 8

Ben Block. /. Collins . . . . .169

Blow Northern Wind. Anon. . . . .2

Butterfly Beau. T. H. Bayly .... 266

Butterfly Life. T. H. Bayly . . . .269

By and By. A. Webster ... .288

CARELESS Content. J. Byrom . . . .187

Carpe Diem. Lord Houghton .... 289

Castara. W. Habington . . . . -83

Chanson a Boire. C. Cotton . . . .90

Chloe's Triumph. Earl of Peterborough . . .144

Contemplation. M. Green . . . 177

Content. T. DekkerQ} . . 48

Cuckoo Song. Anon. . . . . I



OF MINOR BRITISH POETRY 435



DAMELUS' Song to his Diaphenia. H. Constable . . 43

Death. S. Garth . . . . . .127

Death in Life. J. Thomson .... 230

Death of Dr. Levet. Dr. Johnson . . .231

Departed Friends. H. Vaughan . . . .115

Departed Joys. H. C. Kendall .... 345

Desiderium. P. S. Worsley . . . -332

Despair. Anon. ...... 357

Dirce. W. S. Landor . . . . .358

Dirge at Sea. Mrs. Hemans . . . 358

Disillusion. W. Shenstone . . . .165

Dream Pedlary. T. L. Beddoes .... 297

EARLY Death. H. Coleridge . . . -337

Earthly and Heavenly Love. R. Heber . . . 296

Echo and Silence. E. Brydges .... 260

Epitaph. T. Heywood . ... 65

Epitaph. Anon. . . . . . .126

Epitaph. W. Mason ..... 227

Euphelia and Cloe. M. Prior . . . .154

Evening. W. L. Bowles . . . . .226

Even-Song. S. Hawts . . . . -73

FAIR Helen of Kirconnel. Anon. . . .99

Faith and Reason. A. Cowley .... 109
Fallentis Semita Vitae. J. Langhorne . . .178

Fati Valet Hora Benigni. S. Bishop . . .217

Flowers without Fruit. Cardinal Newman . 3 1 7

For my own Monument. M. Prior . . .170

Fortune and Virtue. Sir H. Wotton . . .52

Friendship. T. Penrose ..... 204

H ALBERT the Grim. W. Motherwell . . -323

Heavenward. Lady Nairne .... 363

Holy Thursday. W. Blake .... 208

Hope. J. Langhorne . . . . .211

Hope. E. C.Jones ..... 295

Hope and Wisdom. W. S. Landor . . . 294

Hymn to Freedom. S. Walker , . . .314

Hymn to Light. A. Cowley . . . .107

Hymn to Science. M. Akenside . . . .214

ILLUSION. Earl of Stirling . . . -67



436 A TREASURY



PAGE

Illusion. M. Prior . . . . .179

In a Hermitage. W. Whitehead . . . .179

In Bliss. T. Carew . . . . . 133

In Memoriam. T. Whytehead . . . -35

Inscription on a Fountain. E. Lovibond . . .213

In the Gloaming. C. S. Calverky . . .310

In the Grave. T. Tickell . . . . .228

Invocation to Silence. R. Flecknoe . . .118

It's Hame and it's Hame. A. Cunningham . .270

JEANIE Morrison. W. Motherwell . . . 245

KIRKSTALL ABBEY Revisited. A. A. Watts . . 280

LAST Lines. E. Bronte . . . . .361

Last Words. Bubb Dodington . . . .196

Lebewohl. W. Cory ..... 364

Life. W. Dunbar . . . . -9

Life's Pageant. T. Campion . . . .46

Life's Progress. Countess of Winchilsea . . 137

Light. F. W. Bourdillon . . . . .251

Lines Written at the Hot- Wells, Bristol. Lord Palmerston 232

Little Aglae. W. S. Landor . . . -253
Live To-Day. E. Fenton ..... 140

Loss in Delay. R. Southwell . . . -53

Love. Anon. . . . . . .23

Love. Anon. . . . . . .34

Love. S. Butler . . . . . .80

Love. P. B. Marston . . . . 248

Love and Beauty. W. Browne . . . .18

Love and Death. R. Flecknoe . . . .98

Love and Marriage. A. Behn . . . .92

Love and Truth. N. Breton . . . -33

Love Armed. A. Behn . . . . 91

Love's Claim. T. Middleton . . . .18

Love's Diet. W. Motherwell .... 239

Love's Plea. Sir T. Wyatt . . . .20

Love's Triumph. A. Webster . . . .160

Lucy's Flittin'. W. Laidlaw . . ' . . 200

Lullaby. T. Dekker^ . .12

MAIDEN May. C. Rossetti . . . .285

Meet We no Angels, Pansie ? T. Ashe . . . 244



OF MINOR BRITISH POETRY 437



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Meliora Latent. J. Sterling . . . -355

Midnight. W. Motherwell . . . .279

Mimnermus in Church. W. Cory .... 288
Mira's Song. M. Leapor . . . . .148

My Cream-Coloured Ponies. T. H. Bayly . . 308

NATURE'S Charms. J. Beattie . . . .191

Nature's Lessons. J. Sylvester . . . .66

Night and Death. /. B. White . . . .282

Night-fall. C. Smith ..... 220

OLD Age. E. Waller . . . . .128

On a Child's Tomb. Anon .... 339

On the Death of a Little Girl. T. Whytehead . . 351

On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey. F. Beaumont . 68
On Time. J. Hagthorpe . . . . .62

Origin of Evil. J. Byrom . . . . .175

Osme's Song. G. Darley ..... 264
O Tell me how to Woo Thee. Graham of Gartmore. . 162

PARVUM Sufficit. T. Lodge . . . 51

Phillida and Corydon. N. Breton . . .28

Phosphore Redde Diem. F. Quarks . . .112

Plaint. E. Elliot . . . . . -327

Popular Theology. A. H. Clough . . . 298

Praise and Prayer. W. Davenant . . . . 1 20

Prayer. R. Crashaw . . . . .123

Prayer. H. Coleridge . . . . -332

Prayer for Indifference. Mrs. Greville . . .181
Prayer to Diana. Anon. ..... 299

Presence in Absence. J. Donne (?) . . .26

Present and Future. R. Corner sail . . .113

Prudence. A. Rodger . . . . .301

Purification. W. Habington . . . .132

QUA Cursum Ventus. A. H. Clough . . -313

REMEMBRANCE. Mrs. Hunter .... 222

Remembrance. E. Bronte . . . 352

Respice Finem. F. Quarlts . . . .104

Retirement. W. S. Landor .... 282

Rosalind's Madrigal. T. Lodge . . . .41



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SAINT Teresa. R. Crashaw . . . .120

Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth. A. H. Clough . 334
Semele to Jupiter. W. Congreve . . . .89

Serenade. G. Darley ..... 249

Silent Music. T. Campion . . . .16

Silvia and the Bee. M. Leapor . . . . 157

Sir Beville. R. S. Hawker .... 322

Slighted Love. Mrs. D. Stewart . . . . 159

Snowdrops. C. Smith . . . . 193

Snowdrops. R. Noel ..... 262

Song. Beaumont and Fletcher . . . .15

Song. Lady M. Wroth . . . . 19

Song. R. Greene . . . . . -24

Song. C. Sedley . . . . . .87

Song. A. Hill . . . . . .147

Song. /. Baillie . . . . . .243

Song. C. Wolfe ...... 256

Song. C. Dibdin . . . . -274

Song. C. Oliphant . . . . - 349

Song of the Forsaken. W. Thorn .... 250

Song to David. C. Smart .... 205

Song to May. Lord Thurlow . . . . 263

Soul and Body. Duchess of Newcastle . . .132

Stanzas. H. N. Oxenham .... 344

Strephon's Palinode. F. Davison . . . -35

Sursum Cor. Sir P. Sidney . . . .47

THE Alchemy of Love. G. Wither . . -79

The Aspiration. J. Norris . . . .118

The Bag of the Bee. R. Herrick . . . -96

The Bird's Release. Mrs. Hemans . . -338

The Blind Lassie. 7. C. Latto .... 269
The Braes of Yarrow. J. Logan .... 202
The Burning Babe. R. Southwell . . 7 1

The Character of a Happy Life. H. Wotton . . 50

The Chaunt of the Brazen Head. W. M. Praed . . 290

The Common Lot. J. Montgomery . . .328

The Day of Judgment. /. Watts .... 209
The Denied Sanctuary. W. Blake . .166

The Dilemma. E. Moore . . . . -199

The Dirge. H. King . . . . .102

The Divine Image. W. Blake .... 234
The Enthusiast. W. Whitehead . . . .216



OF MINOR BRITISH POETRY 439



The Epicurean. F. H. Doyle . . . .312