Printed at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1880
Reprinted 1883, 1887, 1892, 1896

The Shepherds' Holiday (from Pan's Anniversary)

Song before the Entry of the Masquers (from The Fortunate Isles)

Ode to Himself (after the failure of The New Inn)

Song.-To Celia (from The Forest).

Epigrams: To my mere English Censurer

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Prof. A. W. Ward

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To the Memory of my Beloved Master William Shakespeare (from

Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke (from Underwoods)

Epitaph on Master Philip Gray (from Underwoods)

Epode (from The Forest).

To Heaven (from The Forest)

WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN (1585-1649). The Editor

Sonnet to Sir W. Alexander (from The Cypresse Grove)

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Chorus from The Tragedy of Darius

"BEAUMONT (1585-1616) and FLETCHER (1579-1625)

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Lines on the Tombs in Westminster. By BEAUMONT

Song (from The Maid's Tragedy). By BEAUMONT & FLETCHER

The Satyr (from The Faithful Shepherdess). By FLETCHER

The River God to Amoret (from the Same)

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The Satyr (from the Same)

Song (from The Two Noble Kinsmen)

Song (from Valentinian)

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The Praise of Fortune (from Old Fortunatus)

Rustic Song (from The Sun's Darling)

JOHN FORD (1586–1640?)

Penthea's Dying Song (from The Broken Heart)

Calantha's Dirge (from the Same)

Awakening Song (from The Lover's Melancholy)

The description of Walla

The song of Tavy

The complaint of Pan

The song of Celadyne

A comparison

Song (from Minor Poems)

The Charm (from The Inner Temple Masque)

GEORGE WITHER (1588-1667)

Weakness (from Abuses Stript and Whipt)

Eclogue 4 (from The Shepherd's Hunting)

The Author's Resolution in a Sonnet (from Fidelia)

Love Poems (from The Mistress of Philarete)

A Christmas Carol

Extracts from Hallelujah :

When we are upon the Seas

For Summer Time

The Prayer of Old Age

GILES FLETCHER (1588-1623)

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Christ's Victory in Heaven; on Earth, Christ's Trumph over be th

SIR HENRY WOTTON (1568-1639).

The Character of a Happy Life

On his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia

THOMAS CAREW (1589-1639)

Song

A Prayer to the Wind

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