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1. Longfellow’s Poetical Works.
2. Scott’s Poetical Works.
3. Byron’s Poetical Works.
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5. Wordsworth’s Poetical Works.
6. Cowper’s Poetical Works.
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13.The Book of Humorous Poetry.
14.Ballads: Scottish and English.
15.Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Holy War.
16.Lives of the British Poets.
17.The Prose Works of Robert Burns.
18.Poems, Songs, and Ballads of the Sea.

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