OF

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN POETRY:

FROM

CÆDMON AND KING ALFRED'S BOETHIUS

TO

BROWNING AND TENNYSON,

CONTAINING NEARLY

TWO THOUSAND OF THE BEST PIECES IN THE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE;

WITH SKETCHES OF THE

HISTORY OF THE POETRY OF OUR COUNTRY,

AND

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF FIVE HUNDRED OF THE POETS.

EDITED BY S. O. BEETON AND W. M. ROSSETTI,

VOL. I.

LONDON:
WARD, LOCK & TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

PHILADELPHIA: GEO. GEBBIE.

1873.