CHAPTER IV.

Page

The ELIZABETHAN POETS (INCLUDING THE REIGN OF JAMES I.)

Page

36. George Gascoigne, 1530-1577. 47. Samuel Daniel, 1562 - 1619.

The Vanity of the Beautiful. 41

Richard II. on the Morning

37. Thomas Sackville, Lord Buck-

before his Murder.. .. .. 53

hurst. Allegorical Personages

8. Michael Drayton, 1563-1631-

in Hell .. .. .. .. .. 41

Queen Mab's Chariot

38. Edmund Spenser, 1553-1559.

Figwiggen Arming .. .

Una and the Lion .

49. From the Poly-olbion .. ..

39. Prince Arthur .. .

50. Sir John Davies, 1570-1626.

40. Belphebe .. .

From the Nosce 'Teipsum ..

41. The Care of Angels over Men.. 47 51. John Donne, 1573-1631. From

42. The Seasons

bis Elegies ..

43. Sonnet LXXXVIII.

52. Bishop Hall, 1574-1656. From

44, Sir Philip Sydney, 1554-1586.

the Satires

Sonnet to Sleep .. ..

53. Robert Southwell, 1560-1595.

45. Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552-1618.

Times go by Turns ..

A Passionate Shepherd to his 54. Giles Fletcher. Justice address-

Love .. .. .

ing the Creator

The Nymph's Reply to the

55. William Drummond, 1585-1649.

Passionate Shepherd .. .. 50

On Sleep .. .. .. .. . 60

46. The Soul's Errand .. ..

CHAPTER V.

The New PHILOSOPHY AND PROSE LITERATURE IN THE Reigns OF ELIZABETH

AND JAMES I.

56. Sir Philip Sydney, 1554-1586. 64. Of Deformity .. .. .. ..

In Praise of Poetry . . 61 65. Robert Burton, 1576-1640.

57. Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552-1618.

Philautia, or Self-Love, a Cause

The Folly of Ambition and

of Melancholy .. .. .. ..

Power of Death . .. ..

66. The Power of Love.

58. Richard Hooker, 1553 1598. 67. Lord Herbert of Cherbury,

The Necessity and Majesty of

1581-1648.. .. .. .. ..

Law ..

68. Thomas Hobbes. 1588-1679

59. Francis Bacon, 1561-1626. öf

Pity and Indignation

Emulation and Envy

60. Of Adversity

Laughter .. .. .. .. ..

61. Of Cunning..

Weeping .. .

62. Of Discourse

Admiration and Curiosity ..

63. Of Beauty .. .. .. ..

Studies

..

...

.

CHAPTER VI.

THE DAWN OF THE DRAMA.

69. Christopher Marlowe, 1563 ?-1523.

From Edward II. .

..

..

.. .. .. .. .. ..

70. From Doctor Faustus

CHAPTER VII.

SHAKSPEARE, 1564-1616.

A, COMEDIES.

B. HISTORICAL PLAYS.

71. The World a Stage .. .. 83 | 77. Lamentation of Constance

72. The Abuse of Authority ..

78. Richard's Despair

73. The Terrors of Death

79. Clarence's Dream

... ..

74. Mercy .. .. .. .. .. .. 85 80. Wolsey and Cromwell ..

75. Oberon's Vision ...

| 107. Sir Richard Lovelace, 1618-1658.

To Althea from Prison .. 123

108. Thomas Carew, 1589-1639.

Song .. .. .. .. .. 124

109. William Browne, 1590-1645.

Evening .. ..

.. .. 125

110. William Habington, 1605-1654. 125

111 Edmund Waller, 1605-1687.

Song .. . . .. .. 126

On a Girdle .. .. .. .. 126

112, Sir William Davenant, 1605.

1668. Character of Birtha .. 127

113. Sir John Denham, 1615-1668.

seni

114. Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667.

Hymn to Light .. .. .. 128

115. Character of Cromwell ..

The Thames ..

.

"

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.

122

To Meadows .. ..
106. Sir Jobn Suckling, 1609-1641.

Song .. .. .. .. .. 123

CHAPTER X,

THEOLOGICAL WRITERS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND THE COMMONWEALTH,

116. John Hales, 1584-1656. Peace

in the Church .. .. .. 130

117. William Chillingworth, 1602.

1644. The Religion of Pro-

testants .. .. .. .. .. 131

118. Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682.

Thoughts on Death and Im-

mortality .. .. .. .. 132

119. Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661.

'The Good Schoolmaster .. 133

The True Gentleman .. .

120. Jeremy Taylor, 1613-1667.

The Last Judgment .. .. 137 1

On Prayer .. .. .. .

On Content .

.. 139

Against Anger

.. .. 140

Comforting the Affiicted .. 141

121. Richard Baxter, 1615-1691.

From the ‘Saints' Rest' ..

122. Joseph Hall, 1574-1656. The

Pleasure of Study .. .. .. 143

123. Owen Feltham, circa 1610-1677.

Sedulity and Diligence .. 144

124, Sir Thomas Overbury, 1581-

1613. A Fair and Happy

Milkmaid .. .. .. .. 145

CHAPTER XI.

JOHN MILTON, 1608-1674.

Page

125. From the Hymn on the Nativit y 146

126. From Comus. Song .. .. 148

127. From Lycidas .. .

.. 149

128. From L'Allegro . . .. 150

129. From Il Penseroso .. .. .. 151

130. Paradise Lost: Book I, Exor-

dium .. ..

.. 152

131. Satan .. .. ..

132. Pandemonium ..

154

133. Death and Satan

.. 154

134, Invocation to Light

156

135. Eden ..

136. Adam and Eve :: :

Page

137. Evening in Eden .. .. .. 158

138. Morning Prayer of Adam and

Eve.. .. .. .. .. .. 159

139. Athens .. .. .. .. .. 160

140. From "Samson Agonistes' .. 161

141. Sonnet on his own Blindness 162

142. On the late Massacre in Pied-

mont .. .. .. .. .. 163

143. From the Areopagitica .. ..

144. Andrew Marvel, 1620-1628.

The Nymph Complaining for

the Death of her Fawn

.. 166

153

.

CHAPTER XII.

.. 180

THE AGE OF THE RESTORATION.

145. Samuel Butler, 1612.1680. 154. From • The Hind and the

Hudibras's Religion .. .. 168

Panther' .. .. .. .. 179

Honour .. .. .. .. .. 169 155. Epistle to Congreve

The Reign of the Saints .

156. From The Cock and the Fox' 181

Caligula's Campaign in Bri 157. Alexander's Feast .. .. .. 182

tain . ..

.. 171 158. From • Aureng-Zebe' .. .. 185

The Procession of the Skim

159. Chaucer and Cowley .. .. 185

mington .. ..

.. .. 171 160. Shakspeare and Ben Jonson .. 187

The Opposition in the Long 161. John Bunyan, 1628-1688. The

Parliament .. .. .. ..

Valley of Humiliation.. .. 188

146. John Dryden, 1631-1700.

The Golden City .. .. .. 190

From the Annus Mirabilis'.. 172 162. Edward Hyde, Earl of Claren-
147. Ode to the Memory of Mrs.

don, 1608-1674.

Anne Killegrew .. .. .. 173

Character of John Hampden.. 192

148. On Milton.. .. .. .. 175 163. Execution of Montrose .. .. 194

149. Character of Shaftesbury 161. Izaak Walton, 1593-1618.

(Achitophel) .. .. .. .. 175

Fishing .. .. .. .. .. 195

150. Character of Zimri (Villiers,

Contentment ..

Duke of Buckingham).. .. 176 165. John Evelyn, 1620-1706. St.

151. Character of Og (the Poet

Paul's Cathedral and the Fire

Shadwell) . . .

.. .. 177

of London .. .. .. .. 197

152. Veni Creator Spiritus .. 178 166. Samuel Pepys, 1632-1703. Mr.

153. From Religio Laici' .. 179

Pepys quarrels with his Wife 198

152. Dehadwer, of ongham Villieri: 175

CHAPTER XIV.

THE SECOND REVOLUTION.

167. John Locke, 1632-1704. Tak-

The State of Man before the

ing Words for Things .. .. 199

Fall .. .

• 204

168. Isaac Barrow, 1630-1677.

171. William Sherlock, 1678-1761.

God .. .. .. .. .. .. 201

Charity .. .. .. .. .. 206

What is Wit? ..

172. Robert Boyle, 1627-1691. Study

169. John Tillotson, 1630-1694.

of the Works of God .. .. 206

Happiness is Goodness 203 173. Gilbert Burnett, 1643-1715.

170. Robert South, 1633-1716.

Character of William III. .. 207

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.. 202

CHAPTER XV.

Pope, SWIFT, AND THE POETS IN THE REIGNS OF QUEEN ANNE, GEORCE I..

AND GEORGE II.

THE ESSAYISTS.

185. Joseph Addison, 1672-1719-

The Deity unfolded in his

The Political Upholsterer .. 225

Works .

.. 234

186. The Vision of Mirza . .. 227 192. Lord Bolingbroke, 1678-1751.

187. Reflections in Westminster

The Use of History .. .. 236

Abbey ..

236

..

193. The Patriot King ..

.. .. " 231

188. From Cato'

194. Bishop Berkeley, 1684-1753.

189. Sir Richard Steele, 1675 1729.

Luxury the Cause of National

The Dream .. .. .. .. 232

Ruin wintöm 1890: 238

190. Sir William Temple, 1623-1699. 195. Lady Mary Montagu, 1690-

Against Excessive Grief ..2

1762. From her Letters .. 239

191. Lord Shaftesbury, 1671-1713.

CHAPTER XVII.

The Great Novelists.

196. Daniel Defoe, 1661-1731. From

199. Laurence Sterne, 1713-1763.

The Great Plague in London' 241

Death of Le Fevre .. .. 246

197. Henry Fielding, 1707-1754. 200. Oliver Goldsmith, 1728-1774.

From • Tom Jones' .. .. 243 The Disabled Soldier .. .. 248

198. Tobias George Smollett, 1721-

1771. The Soldier's Re-

202. From the Traveller' .. ..

turn. . . . . . . 244 203. From The Deserted Village'. 254

201. A Fable

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CHAPTER XVIII.

HISTORICAL, MORAL, POLITICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL WRITERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH

CENTURY.

204. David Hume, 1711-1776. Cha 212. Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784.-

• racter of Queen Elizabeth .. 255

Letter to the Earl of Chester-

205. On the Middle Station of Life 256

field

.. .. 268

206. William Robertson, 1721-1793. 213. From the Preface to his Dic-

Execution of Mary, Queen of

tionary .. .. .. .. .. 269

214. From the Rambler'

207. Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794."

215. From the Lives of the Poets' 272

From his Autobiography .. 261 216. From the Journey to the

208. The Schools of Athens .. .. 261

209. Charlemagne .. .. .. .. 263

.. . .. 274

210. Mahomet .. .

.. 265 218. From the Vanity of Human

211. Invention and Use of Gun-

Wishes'.. ..

.. 275

powder .. .. .. .. .. 267 | 219. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,

.

"

London;

.. .. 274

217. From

THE DAWN OF ROMANTIC POETRY.

228. Robert Blair, 1699-1746. From 245. On the Loss of the Royal

"The Grave'..

.. 290

George .. ..

229. James Thomson, 1700-1748. 246. The Diverting History of John

From Summer

.. 291

Gilpin

Summer Evening .. .. .. 291

247. William Falconer, 1730-1

230. From "Autumn

.. 292

From The Shipwreck' ..

231. From Winter'

.. 293 249. Erasmus Darwin, 1721-1802.

Reflections suggested by Winter 294

Steel .. .. . ..

232. From The Castle of Indolence' 295 249. James Macpherson, 1738-1796.

233. William Shenstone, 1714-1763.

The Songs of Selma ....

The Shepherd's Home.. ..296 250. Thomas Chatterton, 1752-1770.

234. William Collins, 1721-1759.

Resignation .. .. .. ..

Ode to Fear .. .. .. ..

251. George Crabbe, 1754-1832.

235. Mark Akenside, 1721-1770.

From The Borough' .. ..

Genius ... meri

252. From The Parish Register'..

236. Thomas Gray, 1716-1771.

253. Robert Burns, 1759-1796.

Elegy written in a Country

Farewell to the Highlands ..

254. To a Mountain Daisy ... 330

The Epitaph .. .. .. .. 302

255. To Mary in Heaven .. 331

237. On a Distant Prospect of Eton

256. John Anderson

College .. .. .. .. .. 302 257. Bannockburn ..

238. The Progress of Poesy .. .. 305 258. Man was made to Mourn .. 333

239. The Bard. Pindaric .. .. 308 259. The Banks o' Doon .. .. .. 385

240. William Cowper, 1731-1800.

260. The Cotter's Saturday Night.. 336

Slavery .. .. .. .. .. 312

261, John Wolcott, 1738-1819. The

241. Mercy to Animals .. .. .. 312

Razor Seller .. .. .. ... 340

242. Pleasures of a Winter Evening 313 262. Richard Brinsley Sheridan,

243. From the Tirocinium'.. .. 315

1751-1816. The Old Hus-

244. Boadicea .. .. .. .. .. 315

band and the Young Wife .. 342

Churchyard

..

.

"

CHAPTER XX.

WALTER SCOTT, 1771–1832.

263. Description of Melrose Abbey 345 | 269. Paternal Affection .. .. .. 355

264. Love of Country .. .. .. 345

270. From the • Antiquary' .. .. 355

265. Pitt and Fox .. . .. .. 346 271. From The Heart of Mid-

266. The Parting of Douglas and

Lothian'.. .

Marmion . . .. .. 349

W.. .. .. 357

267. The Death of Marmion .. .. 351 273. From The Abbot'.. .. .. 359

268. Ellen-the Lady of the Lake 354 |

.

272. From