Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 1

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Gilfillan, George, 1813-1878

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Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Marc D'Hooghe and the PG Online Distributed Proofreaders

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English

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PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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English poetry

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9667

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9667

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January 1, 2006

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SPECIMENS WITH MEMOIRS OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.
2. 2.INTRODUCTORY ESSAY — THE SPOUTS AND SOLEMNITIES WHICH FOLLOWED KING ARTHUR'S CORONATION. — AN OLD TRADITION. — ARTHUR'S INTRIGUE WITH YGERNE. — THE PROLOGUE. — KING VORTIGERN'S MEETING WITH PRINCESS KODWEN. — THE ATTACK OF RICHARD I. ON A CASTLE HELD BY THE SARACENS. — THE SOLDAN SALADIN SENDS KING RICHARD A HORSE. — DEGORE AND THE DRAGON. — A BATTLE — HUMAN LIFE. — ALLEGORICAL PICTURES. — COVETOUSNESS. — THE PRELATES. — MERCY AND TRUTH. — NATURE, OR KIND, SENDING FORTH HIS DISEASES FROM THE PLANETS, AT THE COMMAND OF CONSCIENCE, AND OF HIS ATTENDANTS, AGE AND DEATH. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — SPECIMENS, WITH MEMOIRS, OF THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS.
5. 5.JOHN GOWER — THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN. — OF THE GRATIFICATION WHICH THE LOVERS PASSION RECEIVES FROM THE SENSE OF HEARING.
6. 6.JOHN BARBOUR. — APOSTROPHE TO FREEDOM. — DEATH OF SIR HENRY DE BOHUN.
7. 7.ANDREW WYNTOUN.
8. 8.BLIND HARRY. — BATTLE OF BLACK-EARNSIDE. — THE DEATH OF WALLACE.
9. 9.JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND. — THE KING THUS DESCRIBES THE APPEARANCE OF HIS MISTRESS, WHEN HE FIRST SAW HER FROM A WINDOW OF HIS PRISON AT WINDSOR.
10. 10.JOHN THE CHAPLAIN—THOMAS OCCLEVE.
11. 11.JOHN LYDGATE. — CANACE, CONDEMNED TO DEATH BY HER FATHER AEOLUS, SENDS TO HER GUILTY BROTHER MACAREUS THE LAST TESTIMONY OF HER UNHAPPY PASSION. — THE LONDON LYCKPENNY. — DINNER GIVEN BY THE TOWN MOUSE TO THE COUNTRY MOUSE. — [FROM THE MORAL.] — THE GARMENT OF GOOD LADIES.
12. 12.WILLIAM DUNBAR — THE DANCE OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS THROUGH HELL. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — THE MERLE AND NIGHTINGALE.
13. 13.GAVIN DOUGLAS. — MORNING IN MAY.
14. 14.SKELTON. — TO MISTRESS MARGARET HUSSEY.
15. 15.SIR DAVID LYNDSAY. — MELDRUM'S DUEL WITH THE ENGLISH CHAMPION TALBART. — SUPPLICATION IN CONTEMPTION OF SIDE TAILS,[1] (1538.)
16. 16.THOMAS TUSSER. — DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING A HOP-GARDEN. — HOUSEWIFELY PHYSIC. — MORAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WIND.
17. 17.GEORGE GASCOIGNE. — GOOD-MORROW. — GOOD-NIGHT.
18. 18.THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST AND EARL OF DORSET. — ALLEGORICAL CHARACTERS FROM THE MIRROR FOR MAGISTRATES. — HENRY DUKE OP BUCKINGHAM IN THE INFERNAL REGIONS.
19. 19.JOHN HARRINGTON. — SONNET ON ISABELLA MARKHAM, — VERSES ON A MOST STONY-HEARTED MAIDEN WHO DID SORELY BEGUILE THE NOBLE KNIGHT, MY TRUE FRIEND.
20. 20.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. — TO SLEEP. — SONNETS. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI.
21. 21.ROBERT SOUTHWELL. — LOOK HOME. — THE IMAGE OF DEATH. — LOVE'S SERVILE LOT. — TIMES GO BY TURNS.
22. 22.THOMAS WATSON. — THE NYMPHS TO THEIR MAY-QUEEN. — SONNET.
23. 23.THOMAS TURBERVILLE. — IN PRAISE OP THE RENOWNED LADY ANNE, COUNTESS OF WARWICK. — HARPALUS' COMPLAINT OF PHILLIDA'S LOVE BESTOWED ON CORIN, WHO LOVED HER NOT, AND DENIED HIM THAT LOVED HER. — A PRAISE OF HIS LADY. — THAT ALL THINGS SOMETIME FIND EASE OF THEIR PAIN, SAVE ONLY THE LOVER. — FROM 'THE PHOENIX' NEST.' — FROM THE SAME. — THE SOUL'S ERRAND. — SECOND PERIOD.
24. 24.FRANCIS BEAUMONT. — TO BEN JONSON. — ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER. — AN EPITAPH.
25. 25.SIR WALTER RALEIGH. — THE COUNTRY'S RECREATIONS. — THE SILENT LOVER. — A VISION UPON 'THE FAIRY QUEEN.' — LOVE ADMITS NO RIVAL.
26. 26.JOSHUA SYLVESTER. — TO RELIGION. — ON MAN'S RESEMBLANCE TO GOD. (FROM DU BARTAS.) — THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN.
27. 27.RICHARD BARNFIELD. — ADDRESS TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
28. 28.ALEXANDER HUME. — THANKS FOR A SUMMER'S DAY. — OTHER SCOTTISH POETS.
29. 29.SAMUEL DANIEL. — RICHARD II., THE MORNING BEFORE HIS MURDER IN POMFRET CASTLE. — EARLY LOVE. — SELECTIONS FROM SONNETS.
30. 30.SIR JOHN DAVIES. — INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM ON THE SOUL OF MAN. — THE SELF-SUBSISTENCE OF THE SOUL. — SPIRITUALITY OF THE SOUL.
31. 31.GILES FLETCHER. — THE NATIVITY. — SONG OF SORCERESS SEEKING TO TEMPT CHRIST. — CLOSE OF 'CHRIST'S VICTORY AND TRIUMPH.'
32. 32.JOHN DONNE. — HOLY SONNETS. — THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL.
33. 33.MICHAEL DRAYTON, — DESCRIPTION OF MORNING.
34. 34.EDWARD FAIRFAX. — RINALDO AT MOUNT OLIVET.
35. 35.SIR HENRY WOTTON — FAREWELL TO THE VANITIES OF THE WORLD. — A MEDITATION.
36. 36.RICHARD CORBET. — DR CORBET'S JOURNEY INTO FRANCE. — FAREWELL TO THE FAIRIES.
37. 37.BEN JONSON. — EPITAPH ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. — THE PICTURE OF THE BODY. — TO PENSHURST. — TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOVED MASTER, WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT US. — ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE.
38. 38.THOMAS RANDOLPH. — THE PRAISE OF WOMAN. — TO MY PICTURE. — TO A LADY ADMIRING HERSELF IN A LOOKING-GLASS.
39. 39.ROBERT BURTON. — ON MELANCHOLY.
40. 40.THOMAS CAREW.
41. 41.PERSUASIONS TO LOVE. — SONG. — TO MY MISTRESS SITTING BY A RIVER'S SIDE. — SONG. — A PASTORAL DIALOGUE. — SONG.
42. 42.SIR JOHN SUCKLING. — SONG. — A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING. — SONG.
43. 43.WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT. — LOVE'S DARTS. — ON THE DEATH OF SIR BEVIL GRENVILLE. — A VALEDICTION.
44. 44.WILLIAM BROWNE. — SONG. — SONG. — POWER OF GENIUS OVER ENVY. — EVENING. — FROM 'BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS.' — A DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH.
45. 45.WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING. — SONNET.
46. 46.WILLIAM DRUMMOND. — THE RIVER OF FORTH FEASTING. — SONNETS. — SPIRITUAL POEMS.
47. 47.PHINEAS FLETCHER — DESCRIPTION OF PARTHENIA. — INSTABILITY OF HUMAN GREATNESS. — HAPPINESS OF THE SHEPHERD'S LIFE. — MARRIAGE OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH. — END OF VOL. I.

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