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CONTENTS.
Page
INTRODUCTION
xi
Appendix to Introduction, A. Early Extracts
on Raleigh's Poetry and Life.
I. The Critics
xxi
II. Edmund Spenser
xxii
III. Lampoons on Raleigh
xxiv
IV. Answers to “ The Lie "
xxvi
V. The Reaction after his Death
xxvüi
Appendix to Introduction, B. List of Poems
wrongly ascribe&to Raleigh
PART 1.
THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH NOW FIRST COL-
LECTED AND AUTHENTICATED.
1. Walter Rawely of the Middle Temple in com-
mendation of the Steel Glass; 1576
3
II. The Excuse, written by Sir Walter Raleigh in his
younger years
4
III. An Epitaph upon the Right Honourable Sir Philip
Sidney, Knight, Lord Governor of Flushing;
1586
iv. A Vision upon this conceit of the Fairy Queen;
1590
V. Another of the same; 1590
VI. Reply to Marlowe:-
1. Marlowe's Song; The Passionate Shepherd
to his Love; before 1593
10
2. Raleigh's Reply; before 1599
11
VII. Like Hermit poor; before 1593
12
VIII. Farewell to the Court; before 1593
13
8
9
.
IX. The Advice .
14
X. In the Grace of Wit, of Tongue, and Face;
before J 593
15
XI. Fain would I, but I dare not
16
XII. Sir Walter Raleigh to his Son
18
XIII. On the Cards and Dice .
19
Xiy. The Silent Lover .
20
xv. A Poesy to prove Affection is not Love; before
1602
22
XVI. The Lie; certainly before 1608 ; possibly before
1596
23
XVII. Sir Walter Raleigh’s Pilgrimage; circ. 1603? 27
XVIII. What is our Life? The play of passion
29
XIX. To the Translator of Lucan; 1614
30
XX. Continuation of the lost poem, Cynthia; now
first published from the Hatfield MSS.;
1604-1618?
31
XXI. Sir Walter Raleigh's Petition to Queen Anne
of Denmark; 1618
52
XXII. Sir Walter Raleigh's Verses found in his Bible
in the Gate-house at Westminster; 1618 54
XXIII. Fragments and Epigrams :-
1. From Fuller's Wortbies
55
2. Riddle on Noel
3, 4. Two Quotations from Puttenham; 1589 56
5. Epitaph on the Earl of Leicester; 1588. 56
6. Epitaph on the Earl of Salisbury; 1612 56
7. A Poem put into my Lady Laiton's pocket 57
8. Sir W. Raleigh on the Snuff of a Candle
the Night before he died; 1618 . 57
XXIV. Metrical Translations occurring in Sir W.
Raleigh's History of the World, 1614 58
XXV-XXX. Six Poems ascribed to Raleigh on less
conclusive evidence:-
xxv. No Pleasure without Pain; before 1576 76
XXVI. The Shepherd's Praise of his Sacred Diana;
before 1593.
77
XXVII. The Shepherd's Description of Love; before
1600 [read 1593]
78
XXVIII. As you came from the Holy
Land
80
xxix. Shall I, like an hermit, dwell
82
XXX. To his singular friend, William Lithgow; 1618 83
PART II.
POEMS FROM RELIQUIÆ WOTTONIANÆ, 1651-1685,
WITH SOME ADDITIONS.
1. A Poem written by Sir Henry Wotton in his
youth; before 1602
87
11. Sir Henry Wotton and Serjeant Hoskins riding
on the way
88
111. The Character of a Happy Life. By Sir H.
Wotton; circ. 1614
89
1v. This Hymn was made by Sir H. Wotton when
he was an Ambassador at Venice, in the time
of a great sickness there
91
v. Upon the Sudden Restraint of the Earl of So-
merset then falling from favour. By Sir H.
Wotton; 1615 .
93
VI. To a Noble Friend in his Sickness. By Sir H.
Wotton
94
VII. On his Mistress the Queen of Bohemia. By Sir
H. Wotton; circ. 1620
95
VIII. Tears at the Grave of Sir Albertus Morton, wept
by Sir H. Wotton; 1625
96
IX. Upon the Death of Sir A. Morton's Wife. By
Sir H. Wotton; 1627
98
X. A short Hymn upon the Birth of Prince Charles.
By Sir H. Wotton; 1630
XI. An Ode to the King, at his returning from
Scotland to the Queen, after his coronation
there. By Sir H. Wotton; 1633.
99
XII. On a Bank as I sat a-Fishing. By Sir H. Wot:
ton; circ. 1638
101
XIII. A Translation of the cive. Psalm to the original
sense. By Sir H. Wotton
102
XIV. A Hymn to my God in a night of my late sick-
ness. By Sir H. Wotton; 1638 or 1639 105
xv. To the rarely Accomplished, and worthy of
best employment, Master Howell, upon his
Vocal Forest. By Sir H. Wotton; 1639
106
XVI. A Description of the Country's Recreations.
Author uncertain
XVII. A Farewell to the Vanities of the World. Author
uncertain
109