'HUSH
iiTERATURE
1640 -1789
AN
ANTHOLOGY
Second
Edition
EDITED BY ROBERT DEMARIA, JR
BLACK WELL
Contents
List of Authors
Introduction
Editorial Principles
Acknowledgments
BALLADS A N D N E W S B O O K S FROM T H E CIVIL W A R ( I 6 4 0 - 1 6 4 9 )
THE WORLD IS TURNED UPSIDE D O W N (1646)
xvi
xviii
xxvi
xxviii
1
1
THE KING'S LAST FAREWELL TO THE WORLD, OR T H E DEAD KING'S LIVING
MEDITATIONS, AT THE APPROACH OF DEATH DENOUNCED AGAINST HIM (1649)
THE ROYAL HEALTH TO THE RISING SUN (1649)
2
3
from A Perfect Diurnal of Some Passages in Parliament (1649)
NUMBER 288 29 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY 1649
4
from Mercurius Pragmaticus (1649)
NUMBER 43 30 JANUARY-6 FEBRUARY 1649
THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679)
from Leviathan (1651)
CHAPTER XIII O F THE NATURAL CONDITION OF MANKIND, AS CONCERNING
THEIR FELICITY, AND MISERY
ROBERT FILMER (d. 1653)
from Patriarcha, or the Natural Power of Kings Asserted (1680)
5
6
6
9
V KINGS ARE EITHER FATHERS OF THEIR PEOPLE, OR HEIRS OF SUCH FATHERS,
OR THE USURPERS OF THE RIGHTS OF SUCH FATHERS
VI O F THE ESCHEATING OF KINGDOMS
VII O F THE AGREEMENT OF PATERNAL AND REGAL POWER
9
9
10
ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674)
from Hesperides (1648)
11
THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK
II
To DAFFODILS
II
THE NIGHT-PIECE, TO JULIA
12
THE HOCK-CART, OR HARVEST HOME
12
UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES
I3
WHEN HE WOULD HAVE HIS VERSES READ
I3
vi CONTENTS
DELIGHT IN DISORDER
To THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME
His RETURN TO LONDON
THE BAD SEASON MAKES THE POET SAD
THE PILLAR OF.FAME
CHARLES I (1600-1649) and JOHN GAUDEN
from Eikon Basilike (1649)
14
14
14
I5
I5
(1605-1662)
16
UPON THE CALLING IN OF THE SCOTS, AND THEIR COMING
16
J O H N MILTON (1608-1674)
20
from The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce; Restored to the Good of Both Sexes, From the
bondage of Canon Law, and other mistakes, to Christian freedom, guided by the Rule of
Charity. Wherein also many places of Scripture, have recovered their long-lost meaning.
Seasonable to be now thought on in the Reformation intended. (1643)
BOOK I THE PREFACE
FROM CHAPTER I
FROM CHAPTER VI
21
24
24
from Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing,
to the Parliament of England (1644)
from Eikonoklastes (1649)
CHAPTER 13 UPON THE CALLING IN OF THE SCOTS AND THEIR COMING
24
38
from Poems (1673)
SONNET 18 (1655) O N THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEMONT
SONNET 19 (1652?) 'WHEN I CONSIDER HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT'
SONNET 16 [To THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL, 1652]
%
40
40
41
from Paradise Lost (1667)
THE VERSE
BOOK I
BOOK II
BOOK IV
BOOK IX
42
42
60
82
105
MARGARET FELL F O X (1614-1702)
13L
from Women's Speaking Justified, Proved and Allowed by the Scriptures (1666)
RICHARD LOVELACE
from Lucasta (1649)
(1618-1658)
SONG T O LUCASTA, GOING TO THE WARS
SONG TO AMARANTHA, THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVEL HER HAIR
To ALTHEA, FROM PRISON SONG
(1618-1667)
from Poems (1656)
ODE OF WIT
LUCY APSLEY HUTCHINSON
134
134
134
135
136
ABRAHAM COWLEY
To MR HOBBES
131
136
• .
(1620-1681)
from Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson (1664)
A N D R E W MARVELL (1621-1678)
138
141
141
145
from Miscellaneous Poems (1681)
BERMUDAS (1653?)
145
CONTENTS vii
THE MOWER TO THE GLO-WORMS (1651-2?)
AN HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND (1650)
146
146
THE GARDEN (1651-2?)
O N A DROP OF DEW (1651-2?)
148
149
To HIS COY MISTRESS (c. 164 5)
150
HENRY VAUGHAN (1622-1695)
151
from Silex Scintillans (1655)
'THEY ARE ALL GONE INTO THE WORLD OF LIGHT!'
THE NIGHT
MARGARET CAVENDISH, D U C H E S S O F NEWCASTLE (1623-1673)
151
152
154
from Poems and Fancies (1653)
POETS HAVE MOST PLEASURE IN THIS LIFE
from The Description of a New World, called The Blazing World (1666)
DOROTHY OSBORNE TEMPLE (1627-1695)
154
155
161
from Letters to William Temple
LETTER 3 8 JANUARY 1653
LETTER 28 2 JULY 1653
LETTER 58 11 FEBRUARY 1654
JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688)
from Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (1666)
KATHERINE PHILIPS (1631-1664)
161
162
162
163
163
166
from Poems by the most deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips,
the matchless Orinda (1667)
FRIENDSHIP
FRIENDSHIP'S MYSTERY, T O MY DEAREST LUCASIA
EPITAPH O N HER SON H. P. AT ST. SYTH'S CHURCH WHERE HER BODY ALSO LIES
INTERRED
THE VIRGIN
UPON THE GRAVING OF HER NAME UPON A TREE IN BARNELMES WALKS
TO THE TRULY COMPETENT JUDGE OF HONOUR, LUCASIA, UPON A SCANDALOUS LLBEL
MADE BY J . J .
"
To MRS. WOGAN, MY HONOURED FRIEND, ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND
ORINDA TO LUCASIA
PARTING WITH LUCASIA, A SONG
To ANTENOR, ON A PAPER OF MINE WHICH J. J. THREATENS TO PUBLISH TO
PREJUDICE HIM
JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700)
To MY HONOURED FRIEND, DR CHARLETON, ON HIS LEARNED AND USEFUL WORKS;
AND MORE PARTICULARLY THIS OF S T O N E - H E N G E , BY HIM RESTORED TO THE
TRUE FOUNDERS (1663)
MAC FLECKNOE(I676?)
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL: A POEM (1681)
•
To THE MEMORY OF MR. OLDHAM (1684)
To THE Pious MEMORY OF THE ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG LADY MRS. ANNE KILLIGREW
(1686) AN ODE
A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY (1687)
166
167
168
168
168
169
170
171
171
172
173
174
175
181
204
204
209
from Fables Ancient and Modern (1700)
PYGMALION AND THE STATUE
211
viii
CONTENTS
J O H N LOCKE (1632-1704)
from An Essay concerning the True Original Extent and End of
Civil Government (1690)
from CHAPTER I
from CHAPTER-2 OF THE STATE OF NATURE
from CHAPTER 4 OF SLAVERY
from CHAPTER 5 OF PROPERTY
214
SAMUEL PEPYS (1633-1703)
from Diary
JULY 1665
AUGUST 1665
219
APHRA BEHN (I640-1689)
from Poems upon Several Occasions (1684)
THE GOLDEN AGE; A PARAPHRASE ON A TRANSLATION OUT OF FRENCH
A FAREWELL TO CELLADON, O N HIS GOING INTO IRELAND
O N A COPY OF VERSES MADE IN A DREAM, AND SENT TO ME IN A MORNING
BEFORE I WAS AWAKE
To MY LADY MORLAND AT TUNBRIDGE
THE DISAPPOINTMENT
O N A LOCKET OF HAIR WOVE IN A TRUE-LOVE'S KNOT, GIVEN ME BY SIR R. O.
AN ODE TO LOVE
A LETTER TO A BROTHER OF THE PEN IN TRIBULATION
from Lycidus: or the Lover in Fashion (1688)
To THE FAIR CLARINDA, W H O MADE LOVE TO ME, IMAGINED MORE THAN
WOMAN
from Miscellany, Being a Collection of Poems by Several Hands (1685)
EPITAPH ON THE TOMBSTONE OF A CHILD, THE LAST OF SEVEN THAT DIED BEFORE
OVID TO JULIA. A LETTER
Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave. A True History (1688)
JOHN WILMOT, SECOND EARL OF ROCHESTER (I647-1680)
from Poems on Several Occasions (1680?)
THE IMPERFECT ENJOYMENT
A SATYR AGAINST REASON AND MANKIND
"
TFTE DISABLED DEBAUCHEE
LAMPOON [ O N THE WOMEN ABOUT TOWN]
SIGNIOR DILDO
A SATYR ON CHARLES II
A LETTER FROM ARTEMIZA IN THE TOWN TO CHLOE IN THE COUNTRY
214
215
216
217
220
223
225
226
230
233
234
236
239
240
241
242
243
243
245
279
279
281
285
287
287
290
291
(1650-1729)
from Taxation of Ireland, A.D. 1716. Some observations on the taxes paid by
Ireland to support the Government
297
J A N E BARKER (1652-1732)
from Poetical Recreations: Consisting of Original Poems, Songs, Odes, &c. with Several
New Translations (1688)
To MY YOUNG LOVER ON HIS VOW
•
ABSENCE FOR A TIME
PARTING WITH
299
ARCHBISHOP WILLIAM K I N G
297
299
299
300
CONTENTS
ANNE W H A R T O N ( 1 6 5 9 - 1 6 8 5 )
301
from A Collection of Poems by Several Hands (1693)
A SONG
MY FATE
WIT'S ABUSE
ix
301
301
301
302
_
DANIEL D E F O E ( 1 6 6 0 - 1 7 31)
303
from An Essay upon Projects (1698)
AN ACADEMY FOR WOMEN
303
from The True-Born Englishman: A Satire (1700)
PART I
308
from PART II
316
The Shortest-Way with the Dissenters: Or Proposals for the Establishment of the Church (1702)
321
A True Relation of the Apparition of one Mrs. Veal, The next Day after Her Death:
To One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury. The 8th of September, IJ05 (1706)
329
from The London Gazette Monday 11 January to Thursday 14 January 1702
334
ANNE KINGSMILL FINCH, COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA
from Miscellany Poems (1713)
(1661-1720)
THE INTRODUCTION
LIFE'S PROGRESS
ADAM POSED
THE PETITION FOR AN ABSOLUTE RETREAT
To THE NIGHTINGALE
A POEM FOR THE BIRTH-DAY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY
CATHARINE TUFTON
THE ATHEIST AND THE ACORN
THE UNEQUAL FETTERS
THE ANSWER (TO POPE'S IMPROMPTU)
THE SPLEEN: A PINDARIC POEM (1701; REVISED 1713)
335
337
337
338
341
342
343
343
343
344
DELARIVIERE M A N L E Y ( 1 6 6 3 - 1 7 2 4 )
348
from Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality of Both Sexes. From the
New Atalantis, an Island in the Mediterranean (1709)
MATTHEW PRIOR (1664-1721)
335
"
348
359
from Poems on Several Occasions (1718)
To THE HONOURABLE CHARLES MONTAGU, ESQ.
THE LADY'S LOOKING-GLASS
THE CHAMELEON
FOR MY OWN TOMB-STONE
[JINNY THE JUST]
359
360
360
361
361
MARY ASTELL (1666-1731)
from A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest.
By a Lover of her Sex (1694)
365
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
A TALE OF A TUB Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind (1704)
368
365
369
A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE FROM BEING A
BURDEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR THE COUNTRY, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL
TO THE PUBLIC (1729)
425
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING (1709)
429
THE LADY'S DRESSING ROOM (1732)
430
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CONTENTS
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED. WRITTEN FOR THE HONOUR OF
THE FAIR SEX (1734)
A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER (1710)
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY (13 MARCH 1719)
SARAH F Y G E E G E R T O N ( 1 6 6 8 - 1 7 2 3 )
433
435
437
43$
from Poems on Several Occasions (1703)
THE POWER OF LOVE
THE EMULATION
438
439
.WILLIAM CONGREVE ( 1 6 7 0 - 1 7 2 9 )
440
THE WAY OF THE WORLD (1700)
440
BERNARD MANDEVILLE ( 1 6 7 0 - 1 7 3 3 )
from A Modest Defence of Public Stews: or, an Essay upon Whoring, as it is
now practiced in these Kingdoms . . . Wrirten by a Layman (1724)
J O S E P H ADDISON (1672-1719) and RICHARD STEELE (1672-1729)
495
495
501
from the Spectator
NUMBER I I TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1711 [INKLE AND YARICO]
NUMBER 267 SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1712 [THE PLOT OF PARADISE LOST}
NUMBER 279 SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1712 [THE SENTIMENTS AND LANGUAGE OF
PARADISE LOST]
ISAAC W A T T S ( 1 6 7 4 - 1 7 4 8 )
501
503
506
509
from Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the Use of Children (1715)
AGAINST QUARRELLING AND FIGHTING
THE SLUGGARD
MARY MOLESWORTH M O N C K ( i 6 7 7 ? - i 7 i 5 )
509
509
511
from Marinda, Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions (1716)
O N A ROMANTIC LADY
511
from Poems by Eminent Ladies (1755)
VERSES WRITTEN ON HER DEATH-BED AT BATH TO HER HUSBAND IN LONDON
JOHN GAY
(1685-1732)
511
513
from Poems on Several Occasions (1720)
from TRIVIA: OR, THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON
BOOK III. OF WALKING THE STREETS BY NIGHT
THE TOILETTE; A TOWN ECLOGUE. LYDIA
513
523
from Fables (1727)
THE TURKEY AND THE ANT
THE MAN AND THE FLEA
A L L A N RAMSAY ( 1 6 8 6 - 1 7 5 8 )
525
526
528
from The Poems of Allan Ramsay (1800)
POLWART ON THE GREEN (1721)
'
GIVE ME A LASS WITH A LUMP OF LAND (172 I )
ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744)
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. AN HEROI-COMICAL POEM (1714)
from The Dunciad Variorum (1729)
MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS, OF THE POEM
DUNCIADOS PERIOCHA: OR, ARGUMENTS TO THE BOOKS
528
529
530
531
549
552
CONTENTS
xi
THE DUNCIAD BOOK THE FIRST
553
O F THE CHARACTERS OF W O M E N : A N EPISTLE TO A LADY (1735)
561
from The New Dunciad: as it was Found in the Year IJ41 (1742)
T o THE READER
568
THE ARGUMENT BOOK THE FOURTH
568
from Letters
To LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU ( I SEPTEMBER 1718)
585
LADY MARY W O R T L E Y M O N T A G U ( 1 6 8 9 - 1 7 6 2 )
from LETTERS Of the Right Honourable Lady M—y W-y M—u: Written, during her Travels
in EUROPE, ASIA and AFRICA, TO Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, &c. in
different Parts of Europe. WHICH CONTAIN, Among other CURIOUS Relations,
Accounts of the POLICY and MANNERS of the TURKS; Drawn from Sources that have
been inaccessible to other Travellers
T o THE LADY X
587
587
T o THE LADY
589
[To LADY M A R ]
590
T o M R . [ALEXANDER] POPE
592
T o M R . [ALEXANDER] P [ O P E ]
593
THE LOVER (1721-5)
594
THE REASONS THAT INDUCED D R . S[WIFT] TO W R I T E A POEM CALLED THE LADY'S DRESSING
ROOM (1732-4)
596
To THE MEMORY OF M R CONGREVE (1729?)
598
[A SUMMARY OF LORD LYTTELTON'S ADVICE TO A LADY] ( 1 7 3 1 - 3 )
598
MARY BARBER
(1690-1757)
599
from Poems on Several Occasions (1734)
THE CONCLUSION OF A LETTER TO THE REV. M R . C —
A LETTER FOR MY SON TO ONE OF HIS SCHOOL-FELLOWS, S O N TO HENRY
ELIZA FOWLER HAYWOOD
599
ROSE, ESQ.
(1693-1756)
602
FANTOMINA: O R , LOVE IN A MAZE (1724)
602
TRIALS AT THE OLD BAILEY (1722-1727)
from Select TRIALS at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey (1742)
H
J
617
1726
MARY PICART, ALIAS GANDON, FOR BIGAMY, JUNE,
618
1725
RICHARD SAVAGE, JAMES GREGORY, AND WILLIAM MERCHANT, FOR MURDER,
DEC. 7, 1727
JAMES THOMSON
617
, FOR A RAPE, 1722
GABRIEL LAWRENCE, FOR SODOMY, APRIL,
(1700-1748)
624
624
STEPHEN DUCK (1705-1756)
from Poems on Several Subjects (1730)
MARY JONES (d. 1778)
620
THURSDAY,
620
WINTER. A POEM (1726)
from T H E THRESHER'S LABOUR
601
634
"
634
636
from Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (1750)
SOULOQUY, ON AN EMPTY PURSE
636
AFTER THE SMALL POX
637
HER EPITAPH
637
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CONTENTS
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)
638
from The Life of Mr. Richard Savage, Son of the Earl of Rivers (1744)
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749)
from The Rambler
NUMBER 2 SATURDAY, 24. MARCH 1750
from the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759)
from the Preface to The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765)
from The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1781)
from Milton
639
643
651
654
660
710
716
M A R Y C O L L I E R (fl. 1740—1760)
The Woman's Labour: (1739) An Epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck; In Answer to his late Poem,
called The Thresher's Labour . . .
726
J A N E C O L L I E R (d. 1 7 5 5 )
from An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting; with Proper Rules for the Exercise
of that Pleasant Art (1753)
732
DAVID H U M E (1711-1776)
from Essays Moral and Political (1742)
O F THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS
from Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects (1777)
MY OWN LIFE
740
THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771)
LETTER TO RICHARD WEST (1741)
SONNET [ON THE DEATH OF MR RICHARD WEST] (1742)
ODE ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT (1748)
AN ELEGY WROTE IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD (1751)
THE PROGRESS OF POESY: A PINDARIC ODE (1768)
747
747
748
749
750
753
HORACE WALPOLE (1717-1797)
LETTER TO RICHARD WEST (1740)
LETTER TO'HANNAH MORE (1789)
758
758
759
ELIZABETH CARTER (1717-1806)
ODE TO MELANCHOLY (1739)
To Miss LYNCH (1744)
ON THE INDULGENCE OF FANCY (1770)
WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759)
from Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects (1747)
ODE TO FEAR
ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER
from A Collection of Poems by Several Hands (1748)
ODE TO EVENING
MARY LEAPOR (1722-1746)
from Poems on Several Occasions (L748)
THE MONTH OF AUGUST
A N EPISTLE TO A LADY
MIRA'S WILL
726
732
746
742
'
762
762
764
765
767
767
769
771
773
773
775
777
CONTENTS
xiii
from Poems on Several Occasions (17 51)
AN ESSAY ON WOMAN
CRUMBLE-HALL
MAN THE MONARCH
778
779
783
CHRISTOPHER SMART (1722-177 I )
785
from Jubilate Agno (c. 1758-63)
from FRAGMENT A (c.1758-9)
from FRAGMENT B (1759-60)
785
786
JOSHUA REYNOLDS (1723-1792)
from Discourse 14 DELIVERED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, ON THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRIZES, 10 DECEMBER 1788
[The Ironical Discourse] (1791)
SIR JOSHUA'S PREFACE
THE DISCOURSE
789
EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797)
from A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the
Beautiful (1757)
PART 2, SECTION I . OF THE PASSION CAUSED BY THE SUBLIME
SECTION 2. TERROR
SECTION 3. OBSCURITY
SECTION 4. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARNESS AND OBSCURITY WITH
REGARD TO THE PASSIONS
SECTION [5]. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
SECTION 13. BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS SMALL
SECTION 14. SMOOTHNESS
SECTION 15. GRADUAL VARIATION
SECTION 16. DELICACY
from Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in
London Relative to that Event In a Letter Intended to have been sent to a Gentleman In
Paris (1790)
797
OLIVER GOLDSMITH (i73o?-i774)
THE REVOLUTION IN Low LIFE (1762)
THE DESERTED VILLAGE, A POEM (1770)
814
789
793
794
-
WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800)
797
798
798
799
799
801
801
802
802
803
814
816
•
825
ON A GOLDFINCH STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE (1782)
825
EPITAPH ON AN HARE (1784)
To THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE HALIBUT ON WHICH I DINED THIS
DAY (1784)
THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT (1789)
ON A SPANIEL CALLED BEAU KILLING A YOUNG BIRD (1793)
BEAU'S REPLY
ON THE ICE ISLANDS SEEN FLOATING IN THE GERMAN OCEAN (1799)
THE CASTAWAY (1799)
'.
825
JAMES MACPHERSON (1736-1796)
.
from Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem in Six Books, together with Several other Poems
composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language (1762)
826
827
828
828
828
830
832
832
xiv
CONTENTS
EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794)
from The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1781)
FROM VOLUME II, CHAPTER 23
834
834
T H O M A S P A I N E (1-737-1809)
844
from Common Sense (1776)
from The American Crisis (1777)
from The Rights of Man: being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution
(1791)
JAMES BOSWELL (1740-1795)
from The Life of Dr Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791)
H E S T E R LYNCH T H R A L E PIOZZI (1741-1821)
844
847
848
851
851
863
from Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL.D. during the Last Twenty Years of his
Life (1786)
from Correspondence with Samuel Johnson (1773-5)
A N N A LAETITIA A I K E N BARBAULD (1743-1825)
863
865
867
from Poems (1792)
THE MOUSE'S PETITION
VERSES WRITTEN IN AN ALCOVE
867
868
from the Monthly Magazine (1797)
WASHING-DAY
869
OLAUDAH EQUIANO ( i 7 4 5 ? - i 7 9 7 )
871
from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the
African (1789)
871
H A N N A H M O R E (1745-1833)
881
from Sensibility (1782)
from The Slave Trade (1790) .
881
882
CHARLOTTE SMITH (1749-1806)
from Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems (1784; revised 1800)
To HOPE
To FRIENDSHIP
THE LAPLANDER
WRITTEN NEAR A PORT ON A DARK EVENING
886
886
886
887
887
THOMAS CHATTERTON (1752-1770)
from Poems, Supposed to have been Written at Bristol, By Thomas Rowley, and Others, in
the Fifteenth Century (1777)
888
AN EXCELENTE BALADE OF CHARITIE: AS wroten bie the gode Prieste Thomas
Rowley, 1464
888
FRANCES BURNEY (LATER D'ARBLAY) (1752-1840)
892
horn Journals and Letters
27-8 MARCH 1777
22 MARCH 1812
G E O R G E CRABBE ( 1 7 5 4 - 1 8 3 2 )
from The Village: A Poem in Two Books (1783)
.
892
894
902
902
CONTENTS XV
ANN CROMARTIE YEARSLEY (1756-1806)
from Poems on Several Occasions (1785)
ON MRS. MONTAGU
906
906
from Poems on Various Subjects (1787)
To INDIFFERENCE _
TO THOSE WHO ACCUSE THE AUTHOR OF INGRATITUDE
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
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from Songs of Innocence (1789)
INTRODUCTION
THE LAMB
THE LITTLE BLACK BOY
THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER
HOLY THURSDAY
INFANT JOY
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from Songs of Experience (1794)
INTRODUCTION
HOLY THURSDAY
THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER
THE TYGER
AH! SUN-FLOWER
ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
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from Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786)
EPISTLE TO DAVIE, A BROTHER POET
To A MOUSE, ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST, WITH THE PLOUGH, NOVEMBER 1785
ADDRESS TO THE DEIL
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT GODWIN (1759-1797)
from A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke;
occasioned by his Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Select Bibliography
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Index of Titles and First Lines
Index to the Introductions and Footnotes
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