IMAGINATION AND FANCY;

19436

OR

SELECTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS,

Ellustrative of those First Requisites of their Art;

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

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NEW YORK:

WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.

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1845.

CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION,

"WHAT IS POETRY?"

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

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY

HOPE

CUPID USURPING THE THRONE OF JUPITER

MARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE THAMES AND MEDWAY

SIR GUYON BINDING FUROR

UNA, OR FAITH IN DISTRESS

JUPITER AND MAIA

NIGHT AND THE WITCH DUESSA

VENUS IN SEARCH OF CUPID, COMING TO DIANA

MAY

AN ANGEL WITH A PILGRIM AND A FAINTING KNIGHT

AURORA AND TITHONUS

THE BRIDE AT THE ALTAR

A NYMPH BATHING

THE CAVE OF DESPAIR

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

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

A VISION OF HELEN

MYTHOLOGY AND COURT AMUSEMENTS

BEAUTY BEYOND EXPRESSION

THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE

SELECTIONS FROM SHAKSPEARE WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

WHOLE STORY OF THE TEMPEST

MACBETH AND THE WITCHES

THE QUARREL OF OBERON AND TITANIA

THE BRIDAL HOUSE BLESSED BY THE FAIRIES

LOVERS AND MUSIC

ANTONY AND THE CLOUDS

YOUNG WARRIORS

IMOGEN IN BED

TOWERING SENSUALITY.

SELECTIONS FROM BEN JONSON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO CYNTHIA; THE MOON

THE LOVE-MAKING OF LUXURY

NOTICE

MELANCHOLY

A SATYR PRESENTS A BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE FAITHFUL

SHEPHERDESS

A SPOT FOR LOVE TALES

MORNING

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THE POWER OF LOVE

INVOCATION TO SLEEP

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

FLIGHT OF WITCHES

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SELECTIONS FROM MILTON, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

SATAN'S RECOVERY FROM HIS DOWNFALL

THE FALLEN ANGELS GATHERED AGAIN TO WAR

L'ALLEGRO

IL PENSEROSO

VULCAN

THE FALLEN ANGELS HEARD RISING FROM COUNCIL
SATAN ON THE WING FOR EARTH

THE MEETING OF SATAN AND DEATH

SELECTIONS FROM COLERIDGE, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

LOVE; OR, GENEVIEVE

KUBLA KHAN.

YOUTH AND AGE

THE HEATHEN DIVINITIES MERGED INTO ASTROLOGY
WORK WITHOUT HOPE

SELECTIONS FROM SHELLEY, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

TO A SKYLARK

A GARISH DAY