THE

ENGLISH POETS

SELECTIONS

WITH CRITICAL INTRODUCTIONS

BY VARIOUS WRITERS

AND A GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY

MATTHEW ARNOLD

EDITED BY

THOMAS HUMPHRY WARD, M. A.

Late Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford

VOL. II

BEN JONSON to DRYDEN

London and New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

1901

[All rights reserved

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CONTENTS.

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Prof. A. W. Ward

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BEN JONSON (1573-1637)

Echo's Lament of Narcissus (from Cynthia's Revels)

Venetian Song (from Volpone)

Song (from Epicæne)

Charis' Triumph (from Underwoods)

Truth (from Hymenæi)

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

On Lucy, Countess of Bedford

Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy

Epitaph on Elizabeth L. H.

An Ode to Himself (from Underwoods)

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)

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

BEAUMONT (1585-1613) and FLETCHER (1579-1625)

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 G.d to Amoret (from the Same)

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)

A. C. Bradley

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Awakening Song (from The Lover's Melancholy)

WILLIAM BROWNE (1588-1643)

W. Minto

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