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SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

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Illustrative of those First Requisites of their Art;

WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES
OF THE WRITERS,

AND AN ESSAY IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION

"WHAT IS POETRY?"

BY

LEIGH HUNT.

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NEW YORK:

WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

1845,

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

CONTENTS.

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PREFACE.

"WHAT IS POETRY?"

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AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,
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

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(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY.

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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

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THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE;
OR, APOTHEOSIS OF A POET'S MISTRESS

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A PLUME OF FEATHERS AND AN ALMOND TREE

ENCHANTED MUSIC

SELECTIONS FROM MARLOWE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

THE JEW OF MALTA'S IDEA OF WEALTH

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THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

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A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

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INVOCATION TO SLEEP

SELECTIONS FROM MIDDLETON, DECKER, AND WEBSTER, WITH
CRITICAL NOTICE

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