THE

HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY.

BY

THOMAS WARTON, B.D.,

POET LAUREATE.

'A MOST CURIOUS, VALUABle, and inteRESTING LITERARY HISTORY.'

-Lowndes.

THE

HISTORY

OF

ENGLISH POETRY,

FROM THE

ELEVENTH TO THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

BY

THOMAS WARTON, B.D.,

POET LAUREATE,

FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, AND OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, AND
LATE PROFESSOR OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

FROM THE LAST LONDON EDITION.

NEW YORK:

G. P. PUTNAM & SONS,

ASSOCIATION BUILDING,

4th Ave. and 23d Street.

1870.