CONTENTS OF VOLUME THE FIRST. 6. King Efimere On the word Termagant BOOK THE SECOND. The Ballad of conftant Susannah 12. The paffionate Shepherd to his Love, by Marlow BOOK THE THIRD. 1. The more modern ballad of Chevy-chafe Illuftration of the Northern Names Ibid. 1. 26. for Note V. r. marginal Note fubjoined to V. 2. lxxi. Note. 1. 1o. r. northern people. lxxvi. Note Q. 1. 11. to Iviii, add lxxiii. fee alfo lxxxii. Note. I never heard the old fong of Percie and Douglas, that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet: and yet it' is fung but by fome blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude. ftyle; which beeing fo evill apparelled in the duft and cobweb of that uncivill age, what would it work, trimmed in the eloquence of Pindare! gorgeous SIR PHILIP SYDNEY'S DEFENCE OF POETRY. THE fine heroic fong of CHEVY-CHASE has ever been admired by competent judges. Thofe genuine ftrokes of nature and artless pafion, which have endeared it to the_moft fimple readers, have recommended it to the most refined; and it has equally been the amusement of our childhood, and the favourite of our riper years. VOL. 1. B. Mr. |