Historical Manual of English Prosody - George Saintsbury

"J. D.", [239]
James I. of Scotland (1394-1437), [56], [163], [172] note
James VI. of Scotland (I. of England), (1566-1625), [236], [257], [296], [335], [338]
Jason, The Life and Death of, [309]
Jenkin, Prof. F. (1833-1885), [260], [338]
"Jerusalem the Golden," [329]
Johnson, Dr. (1709-1784), [12], [19], [87], [88], [194], [196], [246], [338]
Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637), [72], [176], [187], [239], [241], [302], [305], [307], [333]
Judas poem, [41], [328]

Kapiolani, [116], [201], [288]
Keats, John (1795-1821), [101], [102], [108], [192], [205-6], [305], [306], [324]
Ker, Prof., [326], [338], [339]
King Horn, [112]
Kingis Quair, The, [163], [290]
Kingsley, Ch. (1819-1875), [118], [123], [257], [306]
Kynaston, Sir Francis (1587-1642), [186], [334]

La Belle Dame sans Merci, [206], [306]
L'Allegro, [308]
Lamia, [102], [306]
Landor, W. S. (1775-1864), [306]
Langland, W. (1330?-1400?), [49], [152], [153], [190], [222], [307], [323]
Lanier, S., [261]
Laon and Cythna, [204]
"Last Buccaneer, The" (Macaulay's), [271], [308]
"Last Leaf, The" (Holmes's), [300]
"Last Ride Together, The," [211]
Latham, R. G. (1812-1888), [11] note, [257]
Latin prosody, its connection, agreements, and differences with English, [1], [6], [7], [20], [32] note
Laus Veneris, [217], [332]
Lawes, H. (1596-1662), [240] note
Layamon (fl. c. 1200), [39-42], [137-139], [307], [319]
Lay of the Last Minstrel, The, [201]
Lays of Ancient Rome, [308]
Le Bone Florence of Rome, [44]
Leger, Vie de St., [330] note
Leoline and Sydanis, [334]
Leonine verse, [143] (Gloss.)
"Letter of Advice" (Praed's), [114]
Lewis, C. M., [339]
Lewis, D. (1683-1760), [92]
Lewis, M. G. (1775-1818), [200] note, [203], [307], [312]
Liddell, Prof. Mark H., [339]
Life and Death of Jason, The, [215]
Line and Line-Combination, [33] and passim (Gloss.)
Locker, F. (1821-1895), [300], [307]
"Long," Bk. I. Chap. II. and passim (Gloss.)
"Long" lines, [115], [116] (Origin-List)
"Long Measure," [81] sq. and passim (Gloss.)
Longfellow, H. W. (1807-1882), [122], [256], [307]
"Lotos-Eaters, The," [209]
"Love among the Ruins," [211]
Love is Enough, [118], [215-309]
Love-Rune, [144]
Lycidas, [183], [275], [309]
Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?), [52], [53], [162], [223], [233], [287], [307]
Lydgatian line, [52], [53] (Gloss.)
Lyndsay, Sir D. (1490-1555), [163]

Macaulay, Lord (1800-1859), [207], [208] note, [271]
Macaulay, Prof. G. C., [52]
Macbeth, [23] note, [129], [130]
Machault, G. de, [331], [334]
M'Cormick, Dr., [12] note
Maginn, W. (1793-1842), [308]
Mano, [218], [294], [303]
Mapes, W. (fl. c. 1200), [325]
"Mark Antony" (Cleveland's), [301]
Marlowe, C. (1564-1593), [64], [66], [75], [174], [187], [308]
Marmion, S. (1603-1639), [76], [187]
Marot, C., [330]
Martial, [318]
Marvell, A. (1621-1678), [82]
Mary Ambree, [74]
Masculine rhyme (Gloss.)
Mason, J. (1706-1763), [247], [339]
Masson, Prof., [258], [339]
Maud, [115]
Mayor, Prof. J. B., [260], [339]
Medea (Glover's), [304]
Meredith, Mr. George (1829-1909), [125], [219], [281]
Merope, [298]
Metham, John (15th century), [53]
Metre, [6] and passim (Gloss.)
Metrum (Gray's), [198], [250]
Milton, John (1608-1674), [11], [12], [15], [25] note, [70], [71], [177-185], [191], [195], [240], [246], [260], [273], [277], [279], [289], [293], [294], [296], [308], [309], [324]
Mirror for Magistrates, [166], [234] note, [322], [324]
Misfortunes of Arthur, [64]
Mitford, W. (1744-1827), [19], [248], [339]
"Molly Mog," [92], [114]
Molossus (Gloss.)
Monks and the Giants, The, [304]
Monk's Tale, [289]
Monometer (Gloss.)
Monopressure (Gloss.)
Monosyllabic foot, [23], [281]; illustrations, passim
Montgomerie, Alex. (1556?-1610?), [57], [163]
Moore, T. (1779-1852), [202], [270], [309]
Moral Ode, [41], [141], [220], [281], [325]
Morris, W. (1834-1896), [103], [108], [117], [118], [156], [206], [214], [215], [298], [306], [309], [334]
Mother Hubberd's Tale, [62], [75]
Murray, Lindley (1745-1826), [252]
Musical and rhetorical arrangements of verse, [8] note, [35] ([Rule 41]) (Gloss.)
Myers, F. (1843-1901), [128], [129]

Nash, T. (1567-1601), [238]
"Nativity" hymn (Milton's), [308]
"Needy Knife-Grinder, The," [123], [292]
Norton, Thomas (1532-1584), [63]
Notes of Instruction (Gascoigne's), [234], [235], [305]
"Nut-brown Maid, The," [164]

Occleve, [162], [199]
Octave, [185], [186], [203-205] (Gloss. and Origin-List)
Octometer (Gloss.)
Octosyllable, [40] and passim (Gloss. and Origin-List)
Octovian Imperator, [335]
Old English prosody, see Anglo-Saxon
Omar Khayyám, [217], [303], [332]
Omond, Mr. T. S., [256], [261], [337], [339]
Orison of Our Lady, [140], [141], [321]
Orm and the Ormulum, [14], [17], [38], [140], [220], [310]
O'Shaughnessy, A. E. (1844-1881), [217], [310]
Ossian, [33] note, [199]
Ottava rima (Gloss. and Origin-List)
Owl and the Nightingale, The, [14], [42], [145], [221]

Pæon (Gloss.)
"Palace of Art, The," [209]
Paracelsus, [210]
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, [178-181], [309]
Pastime of Pleasure, The, [305]
"Paternoster," the M.E., [136], [220]
Patmore, Coventry (1823-1896), [258], [339]
Pauline, [210]
Pause, [33] and passim (Gloss.)
Pause-foot, [23] note, [281]
Pearl, The, [49], [152]
Peele, George (1558?-1597?), [64], [65], [174], [300], [310]
Pemberton, H. (1694-1771), [245], [246]
Pentameter (Gloss.)
Percy, Bp. (1729-1811), [75], [97], [197], [199], [310]
Phaethon (Mr. Meredith's), [281]
Pharonnida, [187], [301]
Philips, A. (1675?-1749), [199]
Phœnix, The, [37]
Phœnix Nest, The, [72]
Piers Plowman, The Vision of, [49], [152], [153], [307]
Pills to Purge Melancholy, [82]
Pindar, [318]
"Pindaric," [25] (Gloss.)
Poe, Edgar A. (1809-1840), [310], [340]
"Poet, The" (Tennyson's), [209], [303]
Polyolbion, [160], [266]
Poole, Joshua (fl. c. 1640), [239]
Pope, Alex. (1688-1744), [29], [85-87], [192-194]
"Position" (Gloss.)
"Poulter's measure," [59], [167], [267] (Gloss.)
Praed, W. M. (1802-1839), [92], [114], [310]
Prick of Conscience, [47], [305], [321]
Prior, M. (1664-1721), [82], [194], [310]
Proceleusmatic (Gloss.)
Prologue to Canterbury Tales, [50], [51]
Prometheus Unbound, [204]
Provençal, [273]
Proverbs of Alfred, [141], [220]
Proverbs of Hendyng, [142], [221]
Prudentius, [318]
Pulteney, W. (1684-1764), [114]
Puttenham, G. or R. (both fl. c. 1560-1590), [237], [241], [340]
Pyrrhic, [31] (Gloss.)

Quantity, [20] sq. and passim (Gloss.)
Quarterly Review, The, [252]
Quartet, Quatrain (Gloss. and Origin-List)
Queen Mab, [203], [312]
"Queen was in the Parlour, The," [326]
Quintet (Gloss.)
Quintilian, [284] note

Redundance (Gloss.)
Refrain (Gloss.)
Reliques (Percy's), [197], [199], [310]
Revolt of Islam, The, [204]
Rhyme, [33-34] and passim (Gloss.)
Rhyme-royal, [50], [56], [185], [215] (Gloss. and Origin-List)
"Rhyming Poem," [136]
Rhythm (Gloss. and passim)
Richard Cœur de Lion, [43], [47]
"Riding Rhyme," [157] (Gloss.)
Rime couée, [43], [150] sq. (Gloss. and Origin-List)
Robert of Gloucester (13th century), [41], [149], [281], [311], [325]
Robert Manning (or of Brunne, q.v.), [329]
Romance (Gloss.)
"Romance-six," [43] and passim (Gloss. and Origin-List)
Romances, the, [149]
Rondeau, Rondel, [125] (Gloss.)
Roscommon, W. Dillon, Earl of (1633?-1685), [241]
"Rose-cheeked Laura," [73], [74]
Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894), [29], [213], [293], [311]
Rossetti, D. G. (1828-1882), [120], [213], [293], [311], [333]
Ruskin, Mr. (1819-1900), [260], [340]
Rymer, T. (1641-1713), [241]

Sackville, Thomas, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), [166] note, [311], [334]
St. Alexis, [331]
St. Eulalia, [151] note, [321], [331]
St. Leger, [330] note
St. Paul, [128]
Samson Agonistes, [184], [309]
Sandys, George (1578-1644), [78], [79], [311], [338]
Sapphics, [124] (Gloss.)
Saturday Review, The, [260]
Savage, R. (?-1743), [194]
Sayers, F. (1763-1817), [94], [95], [200], [250], [312]
Schipper, Dr., [340]
Scott, Alex. (1528?-1584?), [57], [163]
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), [145], [200], [201], [300], [307], [312]
Seasons, The, [195], [196]
"Section," Guest's and others', [254] note (Gloss.)
Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701), [189]
Seeley, J. R., [259]
Septenar, [40] (Gloss.)
Septet (Gloss.)
Sestet (Gloss.)
Sestine (Gloss.)
Shakespeare, W. (1564-1616), [15], [28], [29], [66-68], [79], [80], [129], [130], [174], [175], [181-183], [191], [224], [225], [279], [289], [293], [296], [308], [312], [324]
Shelley, P. B. (1792-1822), [29], [96], [104], [203-205], [295], [306], [312], [335]
Shenstone, W. (1714-1763), [18] note, [92], [113], [142], [194], [247], [313], [340]
Shepherd's Kalendar, The, [15], [60], [145], [169-171]
Sheridan, T. (1719-1788), [247]
Shirley, James (1596-1666), [69], [176]
"Short," [6] and passim (Gloss.)
"Short" lines, [317]
"Short measure," [167] (Gloss.)
Sidney, Sir P. (1554-1586), [169], [171], [267], [313], [324]
Sievers, Dr., [37]
Sigurd the Volsung and Sigurd metre, [118], [215], [309], [325]
Single-moulded (Gloss.)
Sir Thopas, [143], [155], [160], [330]
Sir Tristrem, [45]
Skeat, Prof., [11] note, [260], [340]
Skelton, John (1460?-1529), [54], [163], [223], [292]
Skeltonic, [54] (Gloss.)
"Skylark" (Shelley's), [204]
Slur (Gloss.)
Smith, Prof. Gregory, [337]
"Song to a Portuguese Air," [309], [325]
Sonnet, [167], [171], and passim (Gloss.)
Sordello, [210]
Southey, R. (1744-1843), [25], [95], [96], [121], [122], [123], [124], [143], [145], [200], [250], [299], [313], [340]
Spanish poetry, [271], [273]
Spedding, James (1808-1881), [340]
Spenser, E., and Spenserian, [15], [42], [60-62], [75], [121], [145], [156], [169-172], [194], [224], [225], [236], [292], [305], [306], [308], [313], [324], [340] (Origin-List)
Spondee, [30] and passim (Gloss.)
Stanyhurst, R. (1547-1618), [236]
Stanza or Stave (Gloss.)
Steel Glass, The, [65], [174], [305]
Steele, Joshua (1700-1791), [248], [249], [340]
Stone, Mr. W. J. [123], [200], [236], [340]
Story of Thebes, The, [52]
Stress, Bk. I. Chap. II. and passim (Gloss.)
"Stress-unit," [19] (Gloss.)
Strophe (Gloss.)
"Substitution," [32] and passim (Gloss.)
Suckling, Sir John (1605-1642), [70]
Surrey, Earl of (1517?-1547), [15], [59], [63], [159], [166], [223], [273], [313]
Swift, Jon. (1667-1745), [194]
Swinburne, A. C. (1836-1909), [29], [92], [100], [103], [114], [115], [118-120], [123], [124], [215-217], [257], [267], [268] note, [275], [283], [288], [292], [311], [313], [314], [327-332]
Syllables, their position in English prosody, Bk. I. Chap. III. and passim
Symonds, J. A, (1840-1893), [12] note, [259], [340]
Synalœpha (Gloss.)
Syncope (Gloss.)
Synizesis (Gloss.)
Syzygy (Gloss.)