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.

HOPE

CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS

JUPITER AND MAIA

'NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA

VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA

MAY

THE NYMPHS AND GRACES

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

DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;

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A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

ENCHANTED MUSIC

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THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

A VISION OF HELEN

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

BEAUTY BEYOND EXPRESSION

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

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WHOLE STORY OF THE TEMPEST

MACBETH AND THE WITCHES

THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA

THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

LOVERS AND MUSIC

ANTONY AND THE CLOUDS

YOUNG WARRIORS

IMOGEN IN BED

TOWERING SENSUALITY.

THE WITCH

A MEETING OF WITCHES

A CATCH OF SATYRS

SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON

THE LOVE-MAKING OF LUXURY

NOTICE

SHEPHERDESS

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MELANCHOLY .

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

A SPOT FOR LOVE TALES

MORNING

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THE POWER OF LOVE

INVOCATION TO SLEEP

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FLIGHT OF WITCHES

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THE CHRISTIAN LADY AND THE ANGEL

LADIES DANCING

APRIL AND WOMEN'S TEARS

DEATH

PATIENCE

A WICKED DREAM

NATURAL DEATH

FUNERAL DIRGE

DISSIMULATION

BEAUTEOUS MORAL EXAMPLE

UNLOVELINESS OF FROWNING

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SATAN'S RECOVERY FROM HIS DOWNFALL

THE FALLEN ANGELS GATHERED AGAIN TO WAR

VULCAN

THE FALLEN ANGELS HEARD RISING FROM COUNCIL

SATAN ON THE WING FOR EARTH

THE MEETING OF SATAN AND DEATH

L'ALLEGRO

IL PENSEROSO

LYCIDAS

COMUS THE SORCERER

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LOVE; OR, GENEVIEVE

KUBLA KHAN.

YOUTH AND AGE

THE HEATHEN DIVINITIES MERGED INTO ASTROLOGY

WORK WITHOUT HOPE

CONTEMPLATION OF VIOLENCE

A ROCK AND CHASM

LOVELINESS INEXPRESSIBLE

EXISTENCE IN SPACE

DEVOTEDNESS UNREQUIRING

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TO A SKYLARK

A GARISH DAY

TO A LADY WITH A GUITAR

MUSIC, MEMORY, AND LOVE

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THE EVE OF ST. AGNES

LONELY SOUNDS

ORION

CIRCE AND HER VICTIMS

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A. BETTER ENCHANTRESS IMPRISONED IN THE SHAPE OF A SER-

PENT

OTHER TITANS FALLEN

ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE

SONNET ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER

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SATURN DETHRONED

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A FALLEN GOD

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