The

Oxford Book

Of English Verse

1250-1900

HENRY FROWDE

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH

NEW YORK

The

Oxford Book

Of English Verse

1250-1900

Chosen & Edited by

A. T. Quiller-Couch

Oxford

At the Clarendon Press

10494.37.4

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Printed, crown 8vo, October 1900; reprinted, foolscap 8vo (on India paper), November 1900. Third Impression, foolscap 8vo (on India paper), December 1900. Fourth Impression, crown 8vo, January 1901. Fifth Impression, foolscap 8vo (on India paper), November 1901. Sixth Impression, crown 8vo, February 1902.

:

OXFORD: HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

TO

THE PRESIDENT

FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS

OF

TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD

A HOUSE OF LEARNING

ANCIENT LIBERAL HUMANE

AND MY MOST KINDLY NURSE

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