CONTENTS

SECOND PERIOD—FROM SPENSER TO DRYDEN. (CONTINUED.)

WILLIAM HABINGTON
Epistle addressed to the Honourable W. E.
To his Noblest Friend, J. C., Esq.
A Description of Castara

JOSEPH HALL, BISHOP OF NORWICH
Satire I.
Satire VII.

RICHARD LOVELACE
Song—To Althea, from Prison
Song
A Loose Saraband

ROBERT HERRICK
Song
Cherry-Ripe
The Kiss: A Dialogue
To Daffodils
To Primroses
To Blossoms
Oberon's Palace
Oberon's Feast
The Mad Maid's Song
Corinna's going a-Maying
Jephthah's Daughter
The Country Life

SIR RICHARD FANSHAWE
The Spring, a Sonnet—From the Spanish

ABRAHAM COWLEY
The Chronicle, a Ballad
The Complaint
The Despair
Of Wit
Of Solitude
The Wish
Upon the Shortness of Man's Life
On the Praise of Poetry
The Motto—'Tentanda via est,' &c
Davideis-Book II
Life
The Plagues of Egypt

GEORGE WITHER
From 'The Shepherd's Hunting'
The Shepherd's Resolution
The Steadfast Shepherd
From 'The Shepherd's Hunting'

SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT
From 'Gondibert'—Canto II
From 'Gondibert'—Canto IV