IV. This Hymn was made by Sir H. Wotton when he was an Ambassador at Venice, in the time of a great sickness there XI. An Ode to the King, at his returning from Scotland to the Queen, after his coronation there. By Sir H. Wotton; 1633. xv. To the rarely Accomplished, and worthy of best employment, Master Howell, upon his Vocal Forest. By Sir H. Wotton; 1639 106 XVIII. Imitatio Horatianæ Odes ix. Page XXV. Specimens of Epigrams by John Hoskins:- 1. John Hoskins to his little Child Benjamin, 2. Verses presented to the King by Mrs. Hos- 1. The Lover complaineth the Unkindness of his Love. By Sir Thomas Wyatt, or Viscount II. A Description of a most noble Lady. Uncer tain, but claimed for John Heywood; before v. Of a Contented Mind. By Thomas Lord Vaux IX. Three Sonnets from the Works of Sir Philip x. Psalm LXIX. From the Translation of the Psalms by Sir Philip Sidney, and his Sister Page Lord Brooke; born 1554, died 1628 XXII. Montanus' Fancy graven upon the bark of a XXVIII. Upon an Heroical Poem which he had begun (in imitation of Virgil) of the first inhabit- XXIX. A Sonnet prefixed to his Majesty's Instruc- tions to his dearest Son, Henry the Prince. XXXVII. Majesty in Misery; or an Imploration to the King of Kings. Written by his late XXXIX. An excellent New Ballad, to the tune of "I'll never love thee more." By James, INTRODUCTION. Y chief design in publishing this small volume is to do an act of justice to the memory of Sir Walter Raleigh, whose M poetry has been unaccountably neglected by his biographers, though it is singularly well-fitted to illustrate his character, while it left a distinct mark on the literature of a most brilliant age. No attempt was made during his lifetime, or for long afterwards, to identify or gather up his scattered pieces. The most important of his poems, "Cynthia," has long been lost. The old editions of his "Remains" contain only three short poems. The first responsible editor of his minor writings could only extend the number to nine; and the collection admitted to the standard edition of his works is at once defective and redundant. It is many years since I called attention to this subject in a volume which was meant, in the first instance, to illustrate the poetry of Sir Henry Wotton and his friends. But as Raleigh's poems |