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,

NEW YORK:
WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845.

PREFACE

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, "WHAT IS POETRY ?"

SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

ARCHIMAGO'S HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE

A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CONTENTS.

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS

JUPITER AND MAIA

THE NYMPHS AND GRACES

NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA

VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA

MAY

AN ANGEL WITH A PILGRIM AND A FAINTING KNIGHT

AURORA AND TITHONUS

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

OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

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